Stoke Metropolis will go in quest of a fourth straight win as they welcome QPR to the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
The Potters climbed again as much as eighth within the Championship, inside a degree of the play-offs, after wins, and clear sheets, at Hull and Norwich, earlier than a 1-0 success in opposition to Coventry within the FA Cup third spherical final Saturday.
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The R’s are three locations and two factors additional again however have taken a single level from their previous 4 away video games and went down 2-1 at West Ham within the FA Cup on Sunday.
Stoke Metropolis have gained their previous two dwelling league video games in opposition to QPR, beating them 1-0 in 2023/24 and 3-1 in 2024/25.
QPR want to document their first league double over Stoke Metropolis since beating them twice within the 2019/20 marketing campaign.
Stoke have gained their first two league video games in 2026, beating Hull and Norwich. The Potters final began a calendar yr with three wins again in 2004.
QPR striker Richard Kone scored three targets in his first 4 Championship appearances, scoring with all three photographs on the right track. Since then, he has simply two targets in 20 matches, having fun with an total shot conversion ratio of simply 5.3% in these 20 video games.
No participant has been concerned in additional Championship targets this season than Stoke’s Sorba Thomas (9 targets, 6 assists), though he solely has one help (and no targets) in seven appearances in opposition to QPR.
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