Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · MATRADE Loftus Road, London · half-time 1-0

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Queens Park Rangers won against Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 2 September 2026 at MATRADE Loftus Road. The half-time score was 1-0.

Rumarn Burrell opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Rumarn Burrell (36') and Rumarn Burrell (53'). Cardiff City scored through Perry Ng (75').

Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 5th on 7 points from 3 and Cardiff City 18th on 3 points from 3. In the current table Queens Park Rangers are 11th on 21 points and Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rumarn Burrell of Queens Park Rangers (8.4), ahead of Perry Ng (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Queens Park Rangers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Cardiff City.