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A Crucial Top Six Battle Between QPR and Bournemouth to End in a Tense Draw

QPR vs Bournemouth - 27/12/2021

A Crucial Top Six Battle Between QPR and Bournemouth to End in a Tense Draw
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In a vital top six clash Queens Park Rangers will welcome Bournemouth to the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium as the London outfit look to make life a little more comfortable for themselves inside the play-off area just as the Cherries aim to keep on the heels of Fulham.

QPR are in a strange position right now where they currently sit in a healthy fifth position ahead of 2022 and with a one-point gap on Nottingham Forest, who have been gradually chipping away at the top six for some time.

However, Mark Warburton’s men now have two games in hand following their postponements in the Championship and should they get all six points from these two games, the club would move ahead of West Bromwich Albion in fourth and be one point behind Blackburn Rovers in third.

If they can get all points from these games, the club would rattle the structure of the top six in the second tier of English football, and even the high-flying sides like Bournemouth and Fulham will be looking over their shoulders at the potential threat of this impressive QPR side.

The R’s have already won 10 games from the 21 available, drawing five and losing the other six, which just about sums up how wild the play-off places are in the Championship already this season.

Moreover, they’ve scored 33 goals and let in 27, which means it’s been relatively topsy-turvy for them at either end of the field.

It'll be three weeks since QPR's last game of the season when they host the Cherries, and they actually lost to Stoke City right next to them in the table in that game. However, it did end a six-game unbeaten run for them, with the club winning four of these games.

As for Bournemouth, they remain a point behind Fulham as they continue to go neck-and-neck with the Cottagers in pursuit of their return to the Premier League.

However, the club must not lose to QPR here, given that their two games in hand would bring them very close to the Cherries if the results go in their favour.

Unlike QPR, however, Scott Parker's men have been playing each week still and at the same time, are now six games without a win having lost to Derby County, Blackburn Rovers, and Middlesbrough in this time, as well as racking up three other draws, including a 1-1 with Fulham.

It’s set to be a very close game and given the torrid form of Parker’s side and QPR’s break, Forebet predicts a draw that will see under 2.5 goals.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
343927
X
1 - 1
1.68
11°
3.40
2.80 3.40 2.45 no no no
FT
0 - 1(0 - 1)
-
- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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