Match Report
Middlesbrough, 5th with 80 points, sat 22 points above Queens Park Rangers (15th, 58). Queens Park Rangers ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Queens Park Rangers were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.59, Middlesbrough 1.57 and 1.02, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 25 meetings between the two: 10 for Queens Park Rangers, 12 for Middlesbrough and 3 drawn, at 3.32 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 68% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at MATRADE Loftus Road (capacity 18,500). On the scoreboard, Middlesbrough led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 0-4.
Goal scorers
Middlesbrough: David Strelec (20'), Alan Browne (68'), Hayden Hackney (72'), Tommy Conway (88')
Key stats
Possession: Queens Park Rangers 31% · Middlesbrough 69% · Total shots: 9-16 · On target: 3-7 · Corners: 3-8