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Queens Park Rangers v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 1st Jan, 12:30 BST, Loftus Road Stadium, London

It's an away match for Tom Cleverley's Watford side on Wednesday lunch time, as they visit the Loftus Road Stadium for a Championship tie with Martí Cifuentes Corvillo's Queens Park Rangers. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there's no obvious winner in this fixture, but good reason to think QPR and Watford will score at least a couple of goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Martí Cifuentes Corvillo or Tom Cleverley has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s lately either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.30 equating to about a 78% probability.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think QPR are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
QPR
45%
11/8
6%
6/4
2%
Draw
25%
5/25/2
3%
Watford
31%
8/5
5%
17/10
Draw 1-1
12%
6/15/1
8%
QPR 2-1
9%
17/215/2
QPR 1-0
9%
7/113/2
Watford 2-1
7%
9/1
9%
8/1
Watford 1-0
7%
15/2
6%
7/1
QPR 2-0
7%
11/1
9%
10/1
10%
Draw 2-2
6%
14/111/1
Draw 0-0
6%
10/18/1
5%
QPR 3-1
5%
20/1
11%
14/1
Watford 2-0
5%
12/1
13%
10/1
QPR 3-0
4%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Watford 3-1
3%
20/1
9%
16/1
QPR 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Watford 3-2
2%
28/122/1
Watford 3-0
2%
28/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
1/110/11
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
4/54/5
Home 1st Goal
51%
5/6
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/10
5%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
57%
4/53/4
3%
BTTS - No
43%
10/1119/20
BTTS - Home Win
22%
4/1
5%
18/5
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/417/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
16%
9/24/1
Home/draw
69%
1/2
7%
4/9
Away/draw
55%
8/15
6%
8/15
Home/away
75%
2/73/10
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
3/103/10
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
5/29/4
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
5/29/4
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
3/103/10
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
11/25/1
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/91/10
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
14/111/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/331/40
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/201/20
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/18/1
5%
Home DNB
62%
4/5
8%
4/5
3%
Away DNB
48%
10/11
9%
19/20
QPR win to nil
22%
10/3
8%
-
Watford win to nil
15%
7/2
10%
-
QPR / QPR
20%
3/1
7%
29/10
3%
QPR / Watford
3%
28/120/1
QPR / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / QPR
14%
5/1
9%
9/2
Draw / Watford
13%
11/25/1
Draw / Draw
16%
4/119/5
4%
Watford / QPR
3%
25/120/1
Watford / Watford
18%
7/2
10%
16/5
Watford / Draw
6%
14/111/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

QPR have played 23 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 8 and won 2. QPR have conceded 23 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

QPR have played 12 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Watford lay in 6th place on 37 points in the Championship league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 11 away games, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
QPR
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds2314632848 
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
Feb 11
l
 
2-1A
2
Sheff Utd2315531948 
Mar 1
d
 
2-2A
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
3
Burnley2313822147 
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
4
Sunderland2312831644 
d
 
0-00-0
May 3
w
 
2-1F
Feb 8
5
Blackburn221156738 
Feb 8
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
6
Watford Away221147337 
Jan 1
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
7
M'Boro2310671036 
l
 
1-4A
Mar 11
w
 
2-1A
Feb 15
8
West Brom238114935 
l
 
1-3F
Mar 8
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
9
Sheff Wed23968-233 
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
May 3
w
 
2-6F
10
Swansea23869330 
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
Mar 12
l
 
1-0A
11
Bristol C23797-130 
Apr 12
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
12
Norwich23788429 
w
 
3-0F
Dec 29
Feb 1
l
 
4-1A
13
Millwall22778228 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 1
Mar 8
w
 
2-3F
14
Derby237610027 
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
15
Coventry237610-227 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 11
d
 
1-1A
Jan 25
16
Preston235117-626 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
Jan 21
l
 
3-0A
17
QPR Home235108-825 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 1
18
Luton237412-1425 
Jan 6
w
 
1-2A
Feb 23
l
 
3-0A
19
Stoke235711-922 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
w
 
3-0F
Mar 1
20
Oxford Utd225611-1521 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 9
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
21
Portsmouth21489-1120 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 22
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
22
Hull234712-1119 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 21
Apr 8
d
 
1-1A
23
Cardiff224612-1618 
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
Dec 29
Jan 14
24
Plymouth224612-2718 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
Mar 29
d
 
2-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
QPR have won 3 consecutive home league games
QPR 17TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
Watford 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
bet365
bet365
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at QPR since 1999
QPR
Watford
Goals: Scored
14
14
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
QPR
4
D
4
WAT
4
League games at Watford since 1998
Watford
QPR
Goals: Scored
26
15
Games: Scored
10 / 13
8 / 13
Clean sheets
5 / 13
3 / 13
QPR
4
D
2
WAT
7
Goal Statistics

Queens Park Rangers's defensive record is to be admired, Martí Cifuentes Corvillo's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Championship matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for Watford makes sense in this context.

QPR 17th Watford 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that QPR will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+1
QPR’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-2
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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QPR
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
QPR
WAT
22%
better
view stats
Games scored16
17
Failed to score7
5
Scored first6
9
Goals scored23
32
Avg. goals scored1
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for12
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.5
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
QPR
WAT
5%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
17
Clean sheets6
5
Conceded first14
12
Goals conceded31
29
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against17%
13%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+5%

QPR v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

QPR Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23336
P NardiJ DunneK DembéléJ Dunne
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Nardi GLK23
1
-
J Dunne DEF2331
6
-
P Smyth FWD2312
2
-
S Cook DEF22
3
-
S Field MID222
6
-
K Saito FWD222
-
J Varane MID201
5
1
L Andersen MID201
-
K Paal DEF182
2
-
N Madsen MID182
1
-
Z Celar FWD182
1
-
H Ashby DEF14
2
-
A Lloyd FWD141
1
-
M Frey FWD1231
-
I Chair MID111
-
K Dembélé MID1013
2
-
J Clarke-Salter DEF9
3
-
M Fox DEF9
2
-
R. Kolli FWD932
-
L Morrison DEF8
1
-
D. Bennie FWD8
1
-
Hevertton DEF6
1
-
J Colback MID4
1
1
E Dixon-Bonner MID3
1
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22947
M PollockV BayoG ChakvetadzeR Porteous
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pollock DEF223
3
-
G Chakvetadze MID2214
3
-
E Kayembe MID216
2
-
V Bayo FWD219
4
-
Y Larouci DEF202
-
D Bachmann GLK19
-
R Andrews DEF1931
-
M Sissoko MID191
2
-
K Baah FWD1932
5
-
R Porteous DEF182
7
-
F Carvallo DEF16
7
-
T Ince FWD151
-
K Sema FWD141
-
J Morris DEF13
1
-
F Ebosele DEF1311
6
-
D Jebbison FWD12
2
-
I Louza  MID11
2
-
R Vata FWD1122
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID92
-
J Ngakia DEF7
2
-
J Bond GLK4
-
A Ogbonna DEF4
-
P Dwomoh MID4
-
M. Doumbia FWD3
-
M Rajovic FWD31
2
-
K Keben DEF1
-