Match Report
Rotherham United, 24th on 27 points, faced a 29-point deficit to Queens Park Rangers (18th, 56). Queens Park Rangers ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Queens Park Rangers were scoring 1.02 and conceding 1.26, Rotherham United 0.8 and 1.93, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rotherham United — five in succession. Queens Park Rangers had banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Rotherham United, 0.
Across 12 recorded meetings, Queens Park Rangers have 5 wins to Rotherham United's 4, with 3 draws, at 3.58 goals per meeting. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 83%.
The match was played at MATRADE Loftus Road in London (capacity 18,500). On the scoreboard, Rotherham United led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.