Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026

Result

Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · MATRADE Loftus Road, London · half-time 0-2

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Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Queens Park Rangers drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2026 at MATRADE Loftus Road. The half-time score was 0-2.

Johnny Kenny opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Kwame Poku (66') and Paul Smyth (90'). Preston North End scored through Johnny Kenny (1') and Johnny Kenny (26').

Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 8th on 12 points from 7 and Preston North End 23rd on 3 points from 7. In the current table Queens Park Rangers are 11th on 21 points and Preston North End are 24th on 5 points.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Johnny Kenny of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Nicolas Madsen (8.3).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Johnny KennyPreston North End · 0-1
  • 15'Red card · Dennis CirkinQueens Park Rangers
  • 22'Yellow card · Leon ScarlettQueens Park Rangers
  • 24'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 26'Goal · Johnny KennyPreston North End · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Koki SaitoQueens Park Rangers
  • 65'Yellow card · Julien StéphanQueens Park Rangers
  • 66'Goal · Kwame PokuQueens Park Rangers · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Harry ClarkePreston North End
  • 90'Goal · Paul SmythQueens Park Rangers · 2-2

Form and table

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11Queens Park Rangers145632217+521WLWLD
24Preston North End1412111230-185LLDLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Queens Park Rangers 6, draws 2, Preston North End 2.

Team news

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

Pierce Charles, Amadou Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Ronnie Edwards, Dennis Cirkin, Jonathan Varane, Glen Kamara, Nicolas Madsen, Kwame Poku, Leon Scarlett, Rumarn Burrell

Preston North End line-up (5-3-2)

Daniel Iversen, Stanley Mills, Harry Clarke, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Andrija Vukcevic, Léo Leroy, Jordan Thompson, Alfie Devine, Callum Lang, Johnny Kenny

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