FootyMAD Queens Park Rangers match preview

History of the Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley fixture

Barnsley face a trip to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Tuesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having taken no points from 13 of the 18 contests.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2003, the Rangers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sat 11 Jan	QPR	1 - 0	Barnsley	LD2
2002/2003	Sat 17 Aug	Barnsley	1 - 0	QPR	LD2
2000/2001	Sat 17 Feb	QPR	2 - 0	Barnsley	LD1
2000/2001	Sat 16 Sep	Barnsley	4 - 2	QPR	LD1
1999/2000	Sat 19 Feb	Barnsley	1 - 1	QPR	LD1
1999/2000	Sat 27 Nov	QPR	2 - 2	Barnsley	LD1
1998/1999	Mon 28 Dec	Barnsley	1 - 0	QPR	LD1

Recent respective form guides

Queens Park Rangers are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Rangers have scored 10 and conceded 0 during this period.

The Tykes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Tykes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.

QPR are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 17 points from 10 games. Barnsley lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Two, picking up 16 from their 10 games so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
QPR	6	2	4	0	11	6	10
Barnsley	6	2	3	1	8	6	9

FootyMad's prediction ...

Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Rangers. Home win

Sequence statistics:
QPR	Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches.
Barnsley	4 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games.