Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · MATRADE Loftus Road, London · half-time 0-1
Queens Park Rangers · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions
Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Queens Park Rangers lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 September 2026 at MATRADE Loftus Road. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Will Lankshear of Middlesbrough in the 20th minute.
Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Middlesbrough 6th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Queens Park Rangers are 11th on 21 points and Middlesbrough are 2nd on 28 points.
Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sebastian Berhalter of Middlesbrough (7.9), level with Radek Vitek (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Queens Park Rangers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Queens Park Rangers's last five read W-W-D-W and Middlesbrough's D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Will Lankshear
- 58'Yellow card · Adilson Malanda
- 76'Yellow card · Callum Brittain
- 90+6'Yellow card · Glen Kamara
Form and table
- Queens Park RangersLast five: W D W W
- MiddlesbroughLast five: W L W D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 28 | WWDWW |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 21 | WLWLD |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)
Pierce Charles, Amadou Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Jake Clarke-Salter, Dennis Cirkin, Kwame Poku, Harvey Vale, Ronnie Edwards, Paul Smyth, Richard Kone, Ilias Chair
Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-2-1)
Radek Vitek, Ashley Phillips, Adilson Malanda, Neto Borges, Callum Brittain, Sebastian Berhalter, Aidan Morris, Max Arfsten, Kyle Joseph, Riley McGree, Will Lankshear
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