QPR vs Birmingham
Ref: James Bell, EnglandMATRADE Loftus Road, London · 18,360 cap
Match recap
QPR beat Birmingham 2–1 in their Championship fixture. Dunne and Morgan scored for QPR; Roberts replied for Birmingham. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.51 for QPR versus 0.31 for Birmingham. QPR sit 15th in the Championship table while Birmingham are 10th.
First Half
Mbengue
Yellow Card
⚽
Dunne
Assist: Saito
Second Half
46'
⇄
Ducksch
46'
⇄
Osayi-Samuel
⇄
Smyth
68'
⇄
Stansfield
68'
⇄
Robinson
⇄
Saito
80'
Paik Seung-Ho
Yellow Card
82'
⇄
Neumann
⇄
Mbengue
Morgan
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
Roberts
Assist: Gray
⚽
Morgan
Assist: Varane
Match Statistics
QPRBirmingham
8Won
Statistical edge
8–7
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.51VS0.31
Attack6 · 0 won
16
Shots
3
3
Shots on target
1
10
Shots in the box
3
6
Shots outside box
0
7
Shots off goal
0
6
Corners
3
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
38%
Possession
62%
256
Total passes
450
189
Accurate passes
360
74%
Pass accuracy
80%
Discipline1 · 2 won
11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow cards
1
1
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
1
6
Blocked shots
2
-0.76
Goals prevented
-0.76
QPR
4-4-2Birmingham
4-2-3-1QPR
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1P. NardiG
- 3J. DunneD
- 5S. CookD
- 11P. SmythM
- 14K. SaitoM
- 16R. BurrellF
- 18R. Norrington-DaviesD
- 22R. KoneF
- 24N. MadsenM
- 27A. MbengueD
- 40J. VaraneM
Substitutes
- 4L. MorrisonD
- 7K. DembéléM
- 12M. FreyF
- 15I. HaydenM
- 17K. PokuM
- 21Kieran MorganD
- 23D. BennieF
- 28João HenriqueD
- 29B. HamerG
Birmingham
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 4C. KlarerD
- 5P. NeumannD
- 6J. RobinsonD
- 8Paik Seung-HoM
- 10D. GrayM
- 16P. RobertsM
- 24T. IwataM
- 25J. BeadleG
- 26B. Osayi-SamuelD
- 28J. StansfieldM
- 33M. DuckschF
Substitutes
- 7T. DoyleM
- 9K. FuruhashiF
- 12M. LeonardM
- 14K. AndersonM
- 17L. DykesF
- 21R. AllsopG
- 23A. SampstedD
- 30L. KoumasF
- 41E. CashinD
QPR
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koki Saito | M | 79 | 8.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0/1 |
| Jimmy Dunne(C) | D | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Nicolas Madsen | M | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Rhys Norrington-Davies | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Jonathan Varane | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Amadou Salif Mbengue | D | 86 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/3 |
| Richard Kone | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Steve Cook | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rumarn Burrell | F | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Paul Smyth | M | 67 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Paul Nardi | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Michael Frey | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Esquerdinha | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isaac Hayden | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liam Morrison | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Hamer | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Bennie | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kieran Morgan | D | 12 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kwame Poku | M | 11 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Karamoko Dembélé | M | 23 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/2 |
Birmingham
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Robinson | D | 68 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Patrick Roberts | M | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2/5 |
| Tomoki Iwata | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christoph Klarer(C) | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seung-Ho Paik | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Beadle | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marvin Ducksch | F | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phil Neumann | D | 82 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | D | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Demarai Gray | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1/5 |
| Jay Stansfield | M | 68 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Lewis Koumas | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Leonard | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Allsop | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alfons Sampsted | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Doyle | M | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eiran Cashin | D | 22 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Dykes | F | 22 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Keshi Anderson | M | 8 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | F | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |


