EFL Championship · Matchday 5
- Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:00:00 UTCMATRADE Loftus RoadMatchday 5
Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate
Queens Park Rangers 39%Draw 34%Middlesbrough 27%
Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.
Match stats
Queens Park RangersMiddlesbrough
52Possession48
16Shots16
5Shots on target6
9Shots off target3
2Blocked shots7
9Shots inside box9
7Shots outside box7
12Corners3
1Offsides1
3Fouls8
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
5Saves5
454Passes437
381Accurate passes380
Match events
- 14'Ilias Chair → Koki Saito
- 20'Will Lankshear (assist Callum Brittain)
- 39'Richard Kone → Rumarn Burrell
- 55'Riley McGree ← Tommy Conway
- 55'Will Lankshear ← Myles Peart-Harris
- 58'Adilson Malanda
- 67'Dennis Cirkin → Tariq Lamptey
- 67'Kwame Poku → Nicolas Madsen
- 67'Jake Clarke-Salter → Glen Kamara
- 71'Maximilian Arfsten ← Alfie Jones
- 72'Ashley Phillips ← Luke Ayling
- 76'Callum Brittain
- 84'Sebastian Berhalter ← Rokas Pukštas
- 90'Glen Kamara
Queens Park Rangers · Middlesbrough
Starting XI · as it played — Ratings are a Pulse estimate
66.3↓67'Clarke-Salter
36.3Dunne
106.3↓14'Chair
116.3Smyth
56.3Edwards
206.3Vale
276.3Mbengue
176.3↓67'Poku
196.3↓67'Cirkin
16.3Charles
226.3↓39'Kone
27.7Brittain
106.8Morris
86.8↓55'McGree
66.8↓84'Berhalter
226.8Joseph
307.2Borges
47.2↓72'Phillips
296.9Malanda
176.8↓71'Arfsten
17.3Vítek
77.8↓55'Lankshear
Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate
Queens Park Rangers
- 6Jake Clarke-Salter6.3
- 3Jimmy Dunne6.3
- 10Ilias Chair6.3
- 11Paul Smyth6.3
- 5Ronnie Edwards6.3
- 20Harvey Vale6.3
- 27Amadou Mbengue6.3
- 17Kwame Poku6.3
- 19Dennis Cirkin6.3
- 1Pierce Charles6.3
- 22Richard Kone6.3
Middlesbrough
- 2Callum Brittain7.7
- 10Aidan Morris6.8
- 8Riley McGree6.8
- 6Sebastian Berhalter6.8
- 22Kyle Joseph6.8
- 30Neto Borges7.2
- 4Ashley Phillips7.2
- 29Adilson Malanda6.9
- 17Maximilian Arfsten6.8
- 1Radek Vítek7.3
- 7Will Lankshear7.8
Queens Park RangersTale of the tapeMiddlesbrough
3-5-2Formation4-2-4
10 ptsTable10 pts
+3Goal difference+3
0Head-to-head wins3
39%Pre-match odds27%
Head to head — 3 previous meetings
Queens Park Rangers 0W0D3W Middlesbrough
Goals 1–8
- 2026-09-05Queens Park Rangers0–1Middlesbrough
- 2026-03-08Queens Park Rangers0–4Middlesbrough
- 2025-12-13Middlesbrough3–1Queens Park Rangers
Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.
This season — other meeting
Where they stand — In a 24-team table
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 10 |
| Middlesbrough | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 10 |