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QPR vs Boro: match report

Queens Park Rangers hosted Middlesbrough at MATRADE Loftus Road on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 5). Andy Madley is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

QPR 0-1 Boro. Goals: Will Lankshear 20' for Boro. Attendance: 17,007.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 20' Goal: Will Lankshear (Boro) 0-1
  • 58' Yellow card: Adilson Malanda (Boro)
  • 76' Yellow card: Callum Brittain (Boro)
  • 90'+6' Yellow card: Glen Kamara (QPR)
Match stats (contains the result)
51.6%Possession48.4%
16Shots16
5Shots on target6
12Corners3
3Fouls8
1Offsides1
5Saves5
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

QPR 4-4-2

Coach: Julien Stéphan

  1. 1 Pierce Charles GK
  2. 27 Amadou Salif Mbengue DEF
  3. 3 Jimmy Dunne DEF
  4. 6 Jake Clarke-Salter DEF
  5. 19 Dennis Cirkin DEF
  6. 17 Kwame Poku MID
  7. 20 Harvey Vale MID
  8. 5 Ronnie Edwards MID
  9. 11 Paul Smyth MID
  10. 22 Richard Kone FWD
  11. 10 Ilias Chair FWD

Bench

  • 14 Koki Saito FWD
  • 16 Rumarn Burrell FWD
  • 48 Tariq Lamptey DEF
  • 24 Nicolas Madsen MID
  • 18 Glen Kamara MID
  • 13 Calum Ward GK
  • 2 Kealey Adamson DEF
  • 40 Jonathan Varane MID
  • 15 Alfie Lloyd FWD

Boro 3-4-2-1

Coach: Kim Hellberg

  1. 1 Radek Vítek GK
  2. 4 Ashley Phillips DEF
  3. 29 Adilson Malanda DEF
  4. 30 Neto Borges DEF
  5. 2 Callum Brittain MID
  6. 6 Sebastian Berhalter MID
  7. 10 Aidan Morris MID
  8. 17 Max Arfsten MID
  9. 22 Kyle Joseph MID
  10. 8 Riley McGree MID
  11. 7 Will Lankshear FWD

Bench

  • 14 Myles Peart-Harris MID
  • 9 Tommy Conway FWD
  • 5 Alfie Jones DEF
  • 12 Luke Ayling DEF
  • 21 Rokas Pukštas MID
  • 31 Solomon Brynn GK
  • 11 Amario Cozier-Duberry MID
  • 19 Leo Castledine MID
  • 13 David Strelec FWD
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 8 March 2026: Queens Park Rangers 0-4 Middlesbrough
  • Saturday 13 December 2025: Middlesbrough 3-1 Queens Park Rangers
  • Tuesday 11 March 2025: Middlesbrough 2-1 Queens Park Rangers
  • Tuesday 5 November 2024: Queens Park Rangers 1-4 Middlesbrough
  • Saturday 9 March 2024: Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Middlesbrough