QPR vs BRENTFORD 
Monday 28thOctober 1945hrs
Football – England – Championship
Pick Both teams to score
Bookmaker William Hill
Odds: 1.60 (odds taken 09:38 GMT, 27 October )
Monday night’s clash between QPR and Brentford wrap up this weekend’s action in the Championship
QPR vs Brentford Live Stats & Betting Odds
QPR Prediction – Can QPR break into play-off pack?
Monday night’s hosts, QPR, sit just on the fringes of the play-off pack in the Championship following a recent and welcome upturn in fortunes as The R’s have collected back-to-back wins against Blackburn Rovers (4-2 at home) and Hull City (3-2 away) long with a point in a 2-2 draw with Reading.
QPR seem to have recovered from their mini-slump where they suffered back-to-back defeats to West Brom and Cardiff City, and they now seem poised to break into the top six of the Championship but have a tough tussle ahead of them against London rivals, Brentford, on Monday night at Loftus Road.
Results at home have produced a mixed return overall, but in recent times, QPR have lost just 1 of their last 5 matches at Loftus Road amidst an overall record of 3-2-2 14/13, but this upcoming fixture is a local derby.
This therefore puts the straight win in question, but goals have flowed this season (for and against) at home for QPR as 6 of their 7 home matches to date have seen both teams score. QPR manager, Mark Warburton, also has a couple of dangerous forwards in Hugill and Wells (7 goals apiece) at his disposal too, so the hosts look set to score here too.
Brentford Prediction – Can Brentford move into top half?
For a long time, Brentford’s prowess of collecting wins away from home in the Championship was much maligned, but The Bees have actually registered more victories on their travels on the road so far in this new Championship campaign.
The visitors have lost just 1 of their last 6 matches overall in the second tier which was a narrow 1-0 defeat away at Nottingham Forest, but aside from that, Thomas Frank’s side have recorded wins against Barnsley, Millwall and most impressive of all, a 3-0 win at Swansea City.
Brentford’s away record to date of 3-0-4 7/6 also gives the visitors a decent chance of picking something up at Loftus Road, but they’ve also suffered 4 defeats on the road too, so perhaps the straight win market should also be avoided where Brentford are concerned.
Although they lost the services of striker, Maupay, to Premier League side Brighton during the summer, forward Olly Watkins (8 goals) has stepped up along with Mbeumo (3 goals), so The Bees will be confident they can at least hit the back of the net ion this clash.
Key-Facts – QPR vs Brentford
- 6 of QPR’s 7 home matches to date have seen both teams score
- 3 of Brentford’s 5 league wins to date have been recorded away from home
- 5 of the last 6 meetings between these two teams have seen both teams score
Betting Tips Verdict
Both QPR and Brentford will fancy their chances of picking up all three points here, so both teams could score here as a result.
