Brentford 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018

Result

Brentford 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Brentford · Queens Park Rangers · Championship predictions

Brentford 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Brentford defeated Queens Park Rangers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sergi Canós opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Brentford's goals came from Sergi Canós (16') and F. Jozefzoon (69'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Idrissa Sylla (45+2').

Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 10th on 65 points from 43 and Queens Park Rangers 15th on 53 points from 43. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Queens Park Rangers 16th with 56.

Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Egan of Brentford (7.8), level with Idrissa Sylla (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Sergi CanósBrentford · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Ryan WoodsBrentford
  • 33'Yellow card · O. WatkinsBrentford
  • 42'Yellow card · Matt IngramQueens Park Rangers
  • 43'Missed penalty · O. WatkinsBrentford
  • 45+2'Goal · Idrissa SyllaQueens Park Rangers · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Jake BidwellQueens Park Rangers
  • 52'Yellow card · Josh ScowenQueens Park Rangers
  • 52'Yellow card · Idrissa SyllaQueens Park Rangers
  • 69'Goal · F. JozefzoonBrentford · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Brentford 3, draws 1, Queens Park Rangers 1.

Team news

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Henrik Dalsgaard, Yoann Barbet, Chris Mepham, Lewis MacLeod, Florian Jozefzoon, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Sergi Canós, Ollie Watkins

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Ingram, Darnell Furlong, Jake Bidwell, Alex Baptiste, Osman Kakay, Luke Freeman, Josh Scowen, Massimo Luongo, Paweł Wszołek, Paul Smyth, Idrissa Sylla