GolVolt — Middlesbrough vs Queens Park Rangers: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Middlesbrough unbeaten in 7 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 September, 0:3 against Crystal Palace.

Last time

Last meeting, 5 September: Queens Park Rangers – Middlesbrough 0:1

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Middlesbrough have won the last 5 meetings.

Streak

Middlesbrough have scored in 7 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 19 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Will Lankshear: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.36

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.4).

Player in form

Richard Kone: 3 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

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The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Will Lankshear

Middlesbrough · forward

11goals 0assists 7.30avg rating

Last match, Bolton Wanderers: 2 goals, rating 8.5.

Paul Smyth

Queens Park Rangers · forward

3goals 1assist 7.07avg rating

Last match, Swansea City: 1 assist, rating 7.3.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Middlesbrough at home and Queens Park Rangers away, as in this match.

Middlesbrough

at home · 10

7W3D0L2.1scored per match1.0conceded per match

Queens Park Rangers

away · 10

3W4D3L1.1scored per match1.4conceded per match

Head to head

5 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 5 Sep 2026 · Championship Queens Park Rangers 0:1 Middlesbrough Lankshear 20'. Middlesbrough: 5 wins in a row in this fixture.

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0 draws3.4 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1, last: Bolton Wanderers) · Queens Park Rangers (4-4-2, last: Swansea City).

Official around 15:00, Sat 10 Apr

RVVitek NBBorges AMMalanda APPhillips CBBrittain SBBerhalter AMMorris TCConway RMMcGree ADCozier-Duberry WLLankshear PCCharles KAAdamson JDDunne REEdwards BKKemper KPPoku JVVarane GKKamara HVVale RKKone PSSmyth

MiddlesbroughQueens Park Rangers

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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