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QPR
EFL Championship
14:00
UTC, Saturday 24 October 2026
Swansea City crest
Swansea

QPR vs Swansea: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Queens Park Rangers host Swansea City at MATRADE Loftus Road on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 14:00 UTC, in the EFL Championship (round 12). Prediction markets make QPR the favourite at 39%, with the draw at 28% (Polymarket). QPR have had 7 days of rest since playing Birmingham (EFL Championship); Swansea have had 7 after facing West Ham and travel about 256 km. QPR are without 3 players (Amadou Salif Mbengue, Ilias Chair, Karamoko Dembélé); Swansea are missing 2 (Josh Key, Cameron Burgess). Sam Allison is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8. The forecast at kick-off is 12°C with rain.

Win chances

QPR 39%Draw 28%Swansea 33%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

QPR 5-4-1

Coach: Julien Stéphan

  1. 1 Pierce Charles GK
  2. 3 Jimmy Dunne DEF
  3. 5 Ronnie Edwards DEF
  4. 6 Jake Clarke-Salter DEF
  5. 2 Kealey Adamson DEF
  6. 12 Boy Kemper DEF
  7. 17 Kwame Poku MID
  8. 20 Harvey Vale MID
  9. 18 Glen Kamara MID
  10. 11 Paul Smyth MID
  11. 26 Rayan Kolli FWD

Bench

  • 13 Calum Ward GK
  • 4 Liam Morrison DEF
  • 23 Isak Alemayehu Mulugeta MID
  • 40 Jonathan Varane MID
  • 24 Nicolas Madsen MID
  • 22 Richard Kone FWD
  • 33 Leon Scarlett FWD
  • 25 Justin Obikwu FWD
  • 14 Koki Saito FWD

Swansea 4-3-3

Coach: Vitor Matos

  1. 22 Lawrence Vigouroux GK
  2. 35 Ronald DEF
  3. 5 Ben Cabango DEF
  4. 23 Stephen Welsh DEF
  5. 14 Josh Tymon DEF
  6. 17 Gonçalo Franco MID
  7. 4 Jay Fulton MID
  8. 6 Marko Stamenić MID
  9. 49 Moussa Kounfolo Yeo FWD
  10. 33 Adam Idah FWD
  11. 30 Joseph Opoku FWD

Bench

  • 1 Andrew Fisher GK
  • 50 Carter Heywood DEF
  • 3 Jenson Seelt DEF
  • 7 Melker Widell MID
  • 44 Thomas Woodward MID
  • 46 Stephen Eustaquio MID
  • 10 Eom Ji-Sung FWD
  • 9 Žan Vipotnik FWD
  • 8 Elijah Just FWD

Injuries and suspensions

QPR

  • Amadou Salif Mbengue injury, back Unknown
  • Ilias Chair injury, back Doubtful
  • Karamoko Dembélé injury, back Early November 2026

Swansea

  • Josh Key injury, back Early November 2026
  • Cameron Burgess injury, out for season
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 21 April 2026: Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Swansea City
  • Wednesday 22 October 2025: Swansea City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers
  • Monday 21 April 2025: Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Swansea City
  • Thursday 26 December 2024: Swansea City 3-0 Queens Park Rangers
  • Monday 1 April 2024: Swansea City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers