19th September QUEENS PARK RANGERS - PRESTON

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• This is priced as a comfortable favourite. Queens Park Rangers is the shortest price on a book of 1.71 / 3.7 / 4.5 (1 / X / 2), an implied 54.3%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 54.3% / 25.1% / 20.6% on an overround of 7.7%.

• In the league table Queens Park Rangers sit 5th on 12 points (3W 3D 1L) with Preston 23rd on 3 points (1W 0D 6L).

• Queens Park Rangers read D-D-L-W-W-D across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (2W 3D 1L) — patchy.

• Preston read L-L-W-L-L-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (1W 0D 5L) — a badly out of sorts side.

• Head to head the record reads 2-2-0 — Queens Park Rangers wins, draws, then Preston wins. Their last meeting finished Preston - Queens Park Rangers: 1-1.

• Queens Park Rangers team news: Alfie Lloyd and Glen Kamara may come back for QPR in gameweek eight.

• Queens Park Rangers team news: Rangers are concerned about winger Paul Smyth's fitness after he picked up an injury against West Brom.

• Preston team news: Lewis Gibson and Caleb Wiley were absent against Lincoln and will be assessed before the match with QPR.

• Preston team news: Jason Euell will oversee the team on an interim basis this weekend, following Paul Heckingbottom's dismissal by Preston.

• Queens Park Rangers are without 7 — Jimmy Dunne (Out - injured), Ilias Chair (Out - injured), Tariq Lamptey (Out - injured), Paul Smyth (Doubtful - injured), Karamoko Dembélé (Out - injured), Richard Kone (Doubtful - injured).

• Preston are without 4 — Caleb Wiley (Doubtful - injured), Lewis Gibson (Doubtful - injured), Brad Potts (Out - unfit), Ali McCann (Out - injured).

• Early lineups are in: Queens Park Rangers set up 4-4-2 against 4-2-3-1. See the pitch graphic above for the full XI.

• Queens Park Rangers lean hardest on Glen Kamara (5.9), Jake Clarke-Salter (5.9), Kwame Poku (5.9) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• Jimmy Dunne is out for Queens Park Rangers — index 8.4, against 9.1 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• Ilias Chair is out for Queens Park Rangers — index 7.3, against 8.8 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• Tariq Lamptey is out for Queens Park Rangers — index 6.0, against 9.1 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• Paul Smyth is out for Queens Park Rangers — index 8.8, against 7.9 for the best cover we hold at his position. Noticeable.

• Richard Kone is out for Queens Park Rangers — index 6.4, against 7.9 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• Preston lean hardest on Daniel Iversen (8.2), Jordan Thompson (8.2), Stanley Mills (8.2) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• Caleb Wiley is out for Preston — index 6.2, against 8.6 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• Lewis Gibson is out for Preston — index 7.4, against 8.6 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• The projected score for this one is Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Preston, a home win by 2 with 2 goals in it — short of the 2.5 line.

• The read: Queens Park Rangers at 1.71 is the side the market is with, and nothing in the data above argues against it.

• This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 08:50 on 18th September 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.