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Queens Park Rangers
21/12/2024 15.00hrs

A mere eight months and a day we rock up at the Loftus Road ground hoping to do a bit of Scrooging against the boys in the hooped shirts

https://www.qpr.co.uk/

Manager



FORM GUIDE





There's every chance Freddie might be caught 45 yards from goal as well

QPR 15 PNE 11

Home side in a good run of form, whilst we draw everything, could be an interesting match up

NEWBIES



IN FORM



PREVIOUS



In recent times Rangers have had the upper hand in meeetings.

INTERESTING BITS

Bush Hall is located at 310 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. Originally a dance hall, it is now an independent music venue with a capacity of 400.[1][2][3]

Bush Hall was built in 1904. It was used as a soup kitchen during World War II, in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a bingo hall and rehearsal stage, and finally as a snooker and social club in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2001 it was restored as a music hall by its present owners, Charlie Raworth and Emma Hutchinson.



CHAMPO STUFF





The Fitness Test
Paul Heckingbottom has the privilege of taking a fully-fit squad to London this weekend.

Robbie Brady made his first start since the end of October in North End's last outing and he'll be available for selection again after recovering from an ankle injury.

Andrew Hughes, who has missed the previous two fixtures, is also back in contention.

The Hoops

Queens Park Rangers head into the weekend in new-found form, having won three of their last six matches, with the other three of those being draws.

That run followed a period of 13 without a victory which had supporters worried about their Championship status, as they were last season before head coach Martí Cifuentes came in to lead them to safety.

With the Spaniard at the helm, they’ll be hopeful of their fortunes changing from here and they’ll be looking to build on their positive results of late on home turf following back-to-back wins.

The Officials

Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Hunt and Richard Woodward
Fourth Official: Paul Howard

Matt Donohue has refereed North End on two occasions so far this season and in those two fixtures, three red cards have been shown. Donohue sent off Sam Greenwood and Blackburn Rovers' Owen Beck in a Lancashire derby at Deepdale, and last month dismissed Freddie Woodman at the bet365 Stadium.

In total so far this season, Donohue has shown 50 yellow cards and three reds in 13 matches.

MACS VIEW

Apparently it's kid for a quid day at Loftus Road on Saturday obviously for all those who have been naughty all year, they get to watch us, suffer little children.
7.30 am Coach, journey there and back will be completed in virtual darkness, as previously stated could be an interesting game, between two improving sides.
Probably the worst away seats for anyone over two stone and luckily they have fixed the pavements in South Africa road, gone are the thirty foot drops when you went to stand on the road.