West Ham welcome QPR to their own ground for round nine of the Championship. West Ham enter this match as the clear favourite with a 62% win probability according to odds released two days before kickoff.
Current Form - West Ham
West Ham are second in the league with 15 points. In their last league match, the team drew 2-2 away at Millwall. The club has four wins and one draw in their last five matches and is currently on a six-match unbeaten run.
Current Form - QPR
QPR are sixth with 13 points. In their last league match, they drew 2-2 at home to Preston. The team has one win, three draws, and one loss in their last five, and they are on a four-match unbeaten run away from home, which covers the whole season so far and includes two wins and two draws.
Head-to-Head Record
An average of 2.0 goals per meeting have been scored across the last five matches between QPR and West Ham, a sequence in which West Ham has recorded three wins and two draws. The two teams meet for the first time since April 2015. Their most recent encounter ended in a 0-0 draw at QPR.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
West Ham features Jarrod Bowen, who has recorded four goals and three assists at an average rating of 7.8, and Manor Solomon, who has contributed two goals and two assists. Konstantinos Mavropanos has four goals with all of them scored in his last five matches at a 7.9 average match rating. West Ham will be without Mohamadou Kante due to a red card and Joel Veltman due to a muscle injury.
QPR is represented by Paul Smyth, who has two goals, and Kwame Poku, who has one goal. Nicolas Madsen has recorded a 7.0 rating. QPR will be without Ilias Chair, who has two goals and one assist this season, due to a muscle injury, while Tariq Lamptey is out with a muscle injury.
Key Numbers
↔️ Headed goals: West Ham 0.50 per match vs QPR 0.12 per match
West Ham
➕ Big chances: 4.4 per match (best in the league, league average 2.3)
➕ Shots on target: 5.9 per match (2nd best, league average 4.3)
QPR
➕ Touches in opposition box: 32.6 per match (2nd best, league average 23.7)
➕ Shots on target conceded: 3.1 per match (3rd best, league average 4.3)
➖ Big chance conversion: 19% (worst in the league, league average 36%)
Match Notes
Jake Clarke-Salter has picked up four yellow cards in his last seven appearances for QPR.
Betting Insights
The betting markets set the goal line at 2.5 with a 62% chance of that being exceeded. The both-teams-to-score market puts a 58% probability on both sides finding the net in this match.
Goals implied by the odds: 3.2
These figures come from the pre-match odds two days before kickoff.
This content was generated using AI.
