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QPR v Watford
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Kick Off: Wednesday 1st January at 12:30
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Competition: Championship
Watford travel to QPR on New Year’s Day without a win on the road for almost 2 months.
QPR’s results have picked up recently, with 3 home wins on the spin in December. Prior to those 3 games, they had not won at Loftus Road all season.
⭐ QPR v Watford Best Bet
These two sides met at the end of November, with the result a 0-0 draw, but with the away side a tad unlucky not to take all 3 points, missing 5 big chances to Watford’s 1.
They now have home advantage, which has counted for a lot of late, having dispatched Norwich, Oxford, and Preston at Loftus Road in the last few weeks.
Watford have failed to get it together on the road all season, picking up just 8 points from 11 games. 40% of their goals score came in one clear outlier game, a 6-2 win at Hillsborough. That was their last win on the road, winless in 4 since, I think they’ll find it tough again here.
👕 QPR v Watford Predicted XI
🔍 QPR v Watford Players to Watch
⚪ Ryan Kolli
Martin Cifuentes threw Rayan Kolli into the side at the start of the month after injuries to Zan Celar and Michael Frey left him with no other option.
The Algerian striker has played just over 600 minutes of senior football but has racked up 3 goals and 2 assists. His 3 goals came across 2 home wins, and we fancy him to add to his tally here.
🟡 Jeremy Ngakia
Ngakia returned from an injury layoff in the reverse fixture of this one, having been out since mid-August.
He has since made 4 starts, picking up 2 cards in the process. He will probably be up against left-winger Koki Saito, who is fouled 2.3 times per 90. We say probably as both players didn’t start in the last round of fixtures due to rotation.
Ngakia is often priced attractively for a card, so he’s the pick here.
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💻 QPR v Watford Form and Tactics
Watford have alternated this season between a 3-5-2 and a 4-3-3.
Their threat often comes from our wide, whether that be from the raw pace of Kwadwo Baah and Festy Ebosele, or the trickery and invention of star man Giorgi Chakvetadze cutting in from the left,
Marti Cifuentes appears to have found something in recent weeks after his team struggled through the early months of the season.
That something doesn’t appear to be a change in formation, as he perseveres with his favoured 4-2-3-1. The spark has perhaps come from young striker Rayan Kolli (19) and Kieran Morgan (18), who has been playing just behind him,
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🏁 QPR v Watford Ref Watch
- Referee: Stephen Martin
- Martin has officiated 11 Championship games so far this season.
- He has shown 3.91 yellow cards per game on average, with 0 red cards.
- He has already refereed QPR this season, showing just 1 card in their 2-0 victory at Cardiff.
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