5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC

QPR vs Middlesbrough Championship prediction & result

Loftus Road, London
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Final score: QPR 0-1 Middlesbrough.

Before kick-off the model made it 40% QPR, 29% draw, 31% Middlesbrough — fair odds of 2.50, 3.45 and 3.23. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.

Most likely scoreline: 1-0.

The model got this one wrong.

Published · updated

Has the model earned this number?

It puts QPR at 40% here. Across 2485 settled matches, 1122 forecasts have landed in the 40–50% band; those outcomes actually happened 44.4% of the time, against an average forecast of 43.8%. In this range the two line up, so the figure above can be read literally.

Every settled prediction on this site is scored against an uninformed baseline, band by band, and published whether or not it flatters the model — see the full record.

How the model saw it, minute by minute

QPR0%Draw5%Middlesbrough95%

Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 1 goal. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.

Match analysis

Match timeline

🔁Ilias Chairout: Koki Saito
14'
20'
will lankshearassist: Callum Brittain
🔁Richard Koneout: Rumarn Burrell
39'
55'
🔁Riley McGreeout: Tommy Conway
55'
🔁will lankshearout: Myles Peart-Harris
58'
A.Malanda
🔁Dennis Cirkinout: Tariq Lamptey
67'
🔁Kwame Pokuout: Nicolas Madsen
67'
🔁Jake Clarke-Salterout: Glen Kamara
67'
71'
🔁Max Arfstenout: Alfie Jones
72'
🔁Ashley Phillipsout: Luke Ayling
76'
Callum Brittain
84'
🔁Sebastian Berhalterout: Rokas Pukstas
Glen Kamara
90+6'

Match stats — QPR vs Middlesbrough

52%Possession48%
16Shots16
5On target6
12Corners3

Line-ups

QPR 4-4-2
  • 1P. CharlesG
  • 27A. MbengueD
  • 3J. DunneD
  • 6J. Clarke-SalterD
  • 19D. CirkinD
  • 17K. PokuM
  • 20H. ValeM
  • 5R. EdwardsM
  • 11P. SmythM
  • 22R. KoneF
  • 10I. ChairF
Substitutes
  • 2K. AdamsonD
  • 16R. BurrellF
  • 18G. KamaraM
  • 48T. LampteyD
  • 15A. LloydF
  • 24N. MadsenM
  • 14K. SaitoF
  • 40J. VaraneM
  • 13C. WardG
Coach: Julien Stéphan
Middlesbrough 3-4-2-1
  • 1R. VítekG
  • 4A. PhillipsD
  • 29A. MalandaD
  • 30Neto BorgesD
  • 2C. BrittainM
  • 6S. BerhalterM
  • 10A. MorrisM
  • 17M. ArfstenM
  • 22K. JosephM
  • 8R. McGreeM
  • 7W. LankshearF
Substitutes
  • 19Leo CastledineM
  • 9T. ConwayF
  • 11A. Cozier-DuberryM
  • 5A. JonesD
  • 14M. Peart-HarrisM
  • 21R. PukštasM
  • 13D. StrelecF
  • 31S. BrynnG
  • 12L. AylingD
Coach: K. Hellberg

Form going into QPR vs Middlesbrough

QPR

  • W2-1Cardiff2 September 2026
  • W2-1away to Blackburn29 August 2026

Middlesbrough

  • D1-1away to Burnley2 September 2026
  • W3-1West Brom29 August 2026

Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.

Championship table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
5QPR733185+312
3Middlesbrough74211410+414

Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table

Head-to-head: QPR vs Middlesbrough

  • 5 September 2026QPR 0–1 MiddlesbroughChampionship
  • 8 March 2026QPR 0–4 MiddlesbroughChampionship
  • 13 December 2025Middlesbrough 3–1 QPRChampionship
  • 11 March 2025Middlesbrough 2–1 QPRChampionship
  • 5 November 2024QPR 1–4 MiddlesbroughChampionship
  • 9 March 2024QPR 0–2 MiddlesbroughChampionship

Leading scorers: QPR and Middlesbrough

QPR

No player in Championship's leading scorers — 8 league goals as a side.

Middlesbrough

  • W. Lankshear6 goals

Top 3 by league goals this season. Player availability is not part of the model — injuries and suspensions are a planned improvement.

Statistical estimate, not betting advice This prediction is generated from a statistical model for entertainment and informational purposes only. It does not guarantee any outcome and should not be used as the basis for placing a bet.