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QPR vs Cardiff: match report

Queens Park Rangers hosted Cardiff City at MATRADE Loftus Road on Wednesday 2 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 4). Tim Robinson is the referee, averaging 4.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

QPR 2-1 Cardiff. Goals: Rumarn Burrell 36' for QPR; Rumarn Burrell 53' for QPR; Perry Ng 75' for Cardiff. Attendance: 15,027.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 36' Goal: Rumarn Burrell (QPR) 1-0
  • 47' Yellow card: Ollie Tanner (Cardiff)
  • 53' Goal: Rumarn Burrell (QPR) 2-0
  • 75' Goal: Perry Ng (Cardiff) 2-1
  • 77' Yellow card: Perry Ng (Cardiff)
Match stats (contains the result)
36.5%Possession63.5%
20Shots9
4Shots on target3
3Corners4
10Fouls12
2Offsides0
2Saves2
0Yellow 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. 5 Ronnie Edwards DEF
  5. 48 Tariq Lamptey DEF
  6. 20 Harvey Vale MID
  7. 18 Glen Kamara MID
  8. 24 Nicolas Madsen MID
  9. 14 Koki Saito MID
  10. 15 Alfie Lloyd FWD
  11. 16 Rumarn Burrell FWD

Bench

  • 40 Jonathan Varane MID
  • 6 Jake Clarke-Salter DEF
  • 2 Kealey Adamson DEF
  • 19 Dennis Cirkin DEF
  • 10 Ilias Chair MID
  • 13 Calum Ward GK
  • 22 Richard Kone FWD
  • 11 Paul Smyth FWD
  • 25 Justin Obikwu FWD

Cardiff 4-1-4-1

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy

  1. 1 Nathan Trott GK
  2. 38 Perry Ng DEF
  3. 4 Gabriel Osho DEF
  4. 3 Joel Bagan DEF
  5. 23 Calum Scanlon DEF
  6. 18 Alex Robertson MID
  7. 11 Ollie Tanner FWD
  8. 10 Rubin Colwill MID
  9. 45 Cian Ashford MID
  10. 8 Jack Moylan FWD
  11. 9 Yousef Salech FWD

Bench

  • 5 Krystian Bielik DEF
  • 16 Chris Willock MID
  • 27 Joel Colwill MID
  • 47 Callum Robinson FWD
  • 39 Isaak Davies FWD
  • 30 Harry Tyrer GK
  • 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF
  • 14 David Turnbull MID
  • 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 5 April 2025: Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Cardiff City
  • Wednesday 27 November 2024: Cardiff City 0-2 Queens Park Rangers
  • Monday 1 January 2024: Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 12 August 2023: Cardiff City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers
  • Monday 26 December 2022: Cardiff City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers