Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Brentford (3rd, 87 pts) and Queens Park Rangers (9th, 68 pts). On the form table Queens Park Rangers stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Queens Park Rangers ran at 1.24 scored and 1.2 conceded, Brentford at 1.72 and 0.91.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Queens Park Rangers 2, draws 1, Brentford 9, at 3.42 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
MATRADE Loftus Road in London, capacity 18,500, hosted the game. Brentford led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.