Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Queens Park Rangers · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Cardiff City: match report

Queens Park Rangers defeated Cardiff City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ilias Chair opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Ilias Chair (15'), Todd Kane (27') and Dominic Ball (90+1'). Cardiff City scored through J. Ralls (49', penalty) and J. Ralls (85').

Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 4 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 21st on 7 points from 8 and Cardiff City 14th on 10 points from 8. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilias Chair of Queens Park Rangers (8.5), ahead of Joe Ralls (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Queens Park Rangers wins, 3 draws and 2 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

15'Goal · Ilias ChairQueens Park Rangers · 1-0
15'Yellow card · Ilias ChairQueens Park Rangers
22'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
27'Goal · Todd KaneQueens Park Rangers · 2-0
31'Yellow card · Geoff CameronQueens Park Rangers
38'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
45+3'Yellow card · Todd KaneQueens Park Rangers
48'Yellow card · Yoann BarbetQueens Park Rangers
49'Penalty goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 2-1
75'Yellow card · Lee TomlinCardiff City
85'Missed penalty · J. RallsCardiff City
85'Goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 2-2
90+1'Goal · Dominic BallQueens Park Rangers · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Queens Park Rangers 5, draws 3, Cardiff City 2.

Queens Park Rangers 6-1 Cardiff CityChampionship · 1 Jan 2020
Cardiff City 3-0 Queens Park RangersChampionship · 2 Oct 2019
Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Cardiff CityChampionship · 1 Jan 2018
Cardiff City 2-1 Queens Park RangersChampionship · 26 Aug 2017
Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Cardiff CityChampionship · 4 Mar 2017
Cardiff City 0-2 Queens Park RangersChampionship · 14 Aug 2016

Team news

Unavailable

G. CunninghamCardiff City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Aden FlintCardiff City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Lee WallaceQueens Park Rangers · injury (Knock)
Sam FieldQueens Park Rangers · injury (Knee Injury)
Luke AmosQueens Park Rangers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Harry WilsonCardiff City · injury (Muscle Injury)
George ThomasQueens Park Rangers · injury (Thigh Problems)
J. Osei-TutuCardiff City · injury (Hamstring Injury)

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

Seny Dieng, Todd Kane, Conor Masterson, Yoann Barbet, Niko Hämäläinen, Geoff Cameron, Tom Carroll, Albert Adomah, Ilias Chair, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Lyndon Dykes

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Sheyi Ojo, Joe Ralls, Josh Murphy, Kieffer Moore