Portsmouth
- Portsmouth has won one and lost one of their last two home games.
- Portsmouth have improved after a shaky start to the season, beating Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at home and holding Derby County to a 1-1 draw away in their last two games.
- Portsmouth have won four, drawn two and lost five of their 11 Championship home games.
- They average 1.00 goals scored and 1.09 goals conceded per home game in the second division this season.
Queens Park Rangers
- Queens Park Rangers have won three of their last five Championship matches, but have lost their last two away games.
- Julien Stéphan has been Queens Park Rangers’ head coach since June 2025, and he has immediately brought structure, possession, and methodical build-up play to the club.
- QPR have won as many and lost as many away games as Pompey this season, averaging 1.09 goals scored and conceding 1.73 per away game.
- QPR are 7th in the Championship standings with 34 points from 22 games.
Head-to-Head
- The home side has won both of the last two Championship meetings between these two teams, including a 2-1 victory here ten months ago.
- Portsmouth have gone toe-to-toe with Queens Park Rangers on a regular basis over the past decade.
Key Players
- Callum Lang has been Portsmouth’s chief attacking threat of late, scoring two of his side’s last three goals in five games.
- Rumarn Burrell is the talisman for QPR with nine Championship goals in 22 appearances this term.
Betting Insights
Queens Park Rangers are 2.34 to win, Portsmouth are 2.92 , with the draw at 3.35 .
Prediction
The Both Teams To Score market at 1.7 is a playable option given the recent defensive lapses of both sides, but I’m backing QPR to edge a match that could see plenty of end-to-end action with Pompey’s early pressing testing the composure of QPR’s build-up.
