West Bromwich

vs

Queens Park Rangers

Preview

West Brom (Home)

• Ryan Mason’s West Bromwich Albion are in 16th with 28 after the same number of games.
• He tends to play a 4-2-3-1 with his best side, but the structure is the key to his game plan with a combination of measured possession football and disciplined pressing designed to create a platform for his forwards to get on the scoresheet.
• West Brom has won five of their ten home Championship matches, drawing four and losing only one.

QPR (Away)

• Queens Park Rangers are riding high in seventh place in the Championship table with 34 points from 22 games.
• QPR’s manager, Julien Stéphan, has been in charge since June 2025 and appears to have installed a clear identity for the team based around an energetic, possession-based style that overloads the wide areas and high pressing to create chances.
• Stéphan’s R’s have enjoyed some great success with it, winning three of their last five games and recording a 4-1 home win over high-flying Leicester City last time out.
• QPR have scored 1.09 goals per away match in the Championship.
• QPR have lost five of their 11 away Championship games.

Head-to-Head

• Both teams are scoring on a regular basis in their games right now and in the last two head-to-head meetings.
• The previous meeting two weeks ago ended 3-1 to QPR.

Key Players

• Goalscorers to watch:
  • Rumarn Burrell - nine goals in 22 Championship appearances.
  • Aune Selland Heggeboe - eight goals in 22 outings, four of which have come in his last five appearances.

Betting Insights

• Both Teams To Score available at 1.85.
• The Baggies are available at 2.1 to beat QPR, who are 3.5, and the draw is 3.25.
• It may pay to take the draw no bet option on the visitors, as they will push for a goal and may be good for a point.

Prediction

• West Brom can edge a tight game.
• With QPR in good form but struggling away recently, consider a cautious approach such as draw no bet on the visitors.