Match Report
1 points and 1 places separated them: Queens Park Rangers 15th with 58, Watford 16th with 57. Watford ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 16th table position. Per game in the league, Queens Park Rangers were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.59, Watford 1.15 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
16 meetings are on record — 7 won by Queens Park Rangers, 6 by Watford, 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
The match was played at MATRADE Loftus Road (capacity 18,500). Queens Park Rangers led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Queens Park Rangers: Rayan Kolli (26'), Paul Patrick Smyth (63') · Watford: Imrân Louza (85')
Key stats
Possession: Queens Park Rangers 46% · Watford 54% · Total shots: 15-7 · On target: 8-3 · Corners: 2-3