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QPR vs Stoke City 5/4 Bet Builder | Mark O’Haire
QPR vs Stoke City 5/4 Bet Builder | Mark O’Haire
A number of key cogs will again be missing for Saturday’s showdown with Stoke at Loftus Road, as the likes of Ilias Chair, Karamoko Dembele and Jake Clarke-Salter remain out of action. Nevertheless, the Super Hoops will be eager to get back to winning ways against a Stoke side that should be 20th according to the underlying data.
Since sacking Steven Schumacher and bringing in Narcis Pelach, the Potters have lost the Expected Goals (xG) battle in eight of their 10 tussles, giving up an average of 1.85 xG per-game, suggesting Stoke are overachieving to be sat in mid-table pre-kick-off.
QPR VS STOKE CITY – SAT 23 NOV, 15:00
QPR have failed to score in three of their last four fixtures, coinciding with key injuries in forward areas. However, the Hoops were also in the midst of a dreadfully difficult schedule that involved games against Burnley, Leeds, Sunderland and Middlesbrough. The R’s have notched in seven out of eight home outings and Stoke have conceded in 11 out of 15 overall.
Marti Cifuentes has now overseen 47 Championship clashes as QPR head coach – those fixtures have featured an average of 2.25 goals with only eight of those 47 outings producing a goals total of four or more with just two seeing the Under 4.5 Goals angle bust. A tasty 28 of Stoke’s past 30 away days have covered for Under 4.5 backers.
Team Corners –
QPR Over 4.5 Corners
BET NOWQPR have been excellent corner operators despite their lowly position, winning 4+ corners in 11 of 15 matches in 2024/25 and a minimum of three corners in 12 of those 15 tussles. At Loftus Road, Rangers have returned corner counts of 11-11-5-5-3-7-6-8 at an average of 7.00 per-game, hitting our required 5+ mark in seven out of eight home showdowns.
