Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End 09/08/2025

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

MATRADE Loftus Road

09 Aug 2025, 16:00

1:1

Finished

Preston North End

Preston North End

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

41'

Own Goal

Ben Whiteman(Own Goal)

2ND HALF

M. Osmajić(Daniel Iversen)

Goal

48'

Andrija Vukcevic

Mads Frökjaer-Jensen

60'

S. Thordarson

Pol Valentín

60'

66'

Injured

Kwame Poku

67'

Kealey Adamson

Esquerdinha

67'

Rayan Kolli

Kwame Poku

67'

Rumarn Burrell

Zan Celar

A. Hughes

71'

Michael Smith

Alfie Devine

75'

Thierry Small

L. Lindsay

75'

81'

Injured

K. Dembélé

81'

Steve Cook

Kieran Morgan

82'

Harvey Vale

K. Dembélé

Ben Whiteman

84'

L. Lindsay

86'

L. Lindsay

Injured

88'

L. Lindsay

Oddel Offiah

89'

Match statistics

58%Possession42%

392Passes Attempted272

301Completed Passes189

5Corners4

30Throw-ins30

13Shots On Target12

Line-ups

Queens Park Rangers

Formation

4-2-3-1

Joe Anthony

#13Walsh

Amadou Salif

#27Mbengue

Liam

#4Morrison

Joao Henrique

#28Mendes da Silva

Kieran

#21Morgan

Nicolas Martin

#24Hautorp Madsen

Samuel Edward

#8Field

Ilias Emilian

#10Chair

Karamoko Kader

#7Dembélé

Kwame Afriyie

#17Adubofour Poku

Zan

#9Celar

Starting XI

Joe Walsh #13
A. Mbengue #27
L. Morrison #4
Esquerdinha #28	67'
Kieran Morgan #21	81'
Nicolas Madsen #24
Sam Field #8
I. Chair #10
K. Dembélé #7	81' 82'
Kwame Poku #17	66' 67'
Zan Celar #9	67'

Will not play

Karamoko Kader

Karamoko Kader Dembélé

Midfielder

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Out for season

Ziyad

Ziyad Larkeche

Defender

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Queens Park Rangers

Julien Stéphan

Queens Park Rangers

Formation

4-2-3-1

Joe Anthony

#13Walsh

Amadou Salif

#27Mbengue

Liam

#4Morrison

Joao Henrique

#28Mendes da Silva

Kieran

#21Morgan

Nicolas Martin

#24Hautorp Madsen

Samuel Edward

#8Field

Ilias Emilian

#10Chair

Karamoko Kader

#7Dembélé

Kwame Afriyie

#17Adubofour Poku

Zan

#9Celar

Starting XI

Joe Walsh #13
A. Mbengue #27
L. Morrison #4
Esquerdinha #28	67'
Kieran Morgan #21	81'
Nicolas Madsen #24
Sam Field #8
I. Chair #10
K. Dembélé #7	81' 82'
Kwame Poku #17	66' 67'
Zan Celar #9	67'

Will not play

Karamoko Kader

Karamoko Kader Dembélé

Midfielder

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Out for season

Ziyad

Ziyad Larkeche

Defender

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Queens Park Rangers

Julien Stéphan

Preston North End

Formation

3-5-2 C

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Andrew

#16Hughes

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Stefan Teitur

#22Thordarson

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Andrija

#3Vukcevic

Thierry

#26Small

Michael

#24Smith

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1	🎯48'
Lewis Gibson #19
A. Hughes #16	71'
Jordan Storey #14
Ben Whiteman #4	84' 41'
S. Thordarson #22	60'
Ali McCann #8
Andrija Vukcevic #3	60'
Thierry Small #26	75'
Michael Smith #24	75'
M. Osmajić #28	⚽48'

Will not play

Jamal

Jamal Piaras Lewis

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Out for season

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Early May 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Head-to-head

34 matches

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

14

Wins

10

Draws

10

Wins

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2024 • 1 match

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2023 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2022 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Preston North End

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Championship2021 • 2 matches

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Championship2020 • 2 matches

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Oliver Langford

Venue:

MATRADE Loftus Road

Capacity:

19 100

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Queens Park Rangers and Preston North End. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.