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# QPR 2-1 Watford

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 3 Apr 15:00
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 40
- **Venue:** Loftus Road Stadium, London

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 23' | Yellow Card | E. Bove | Watford |
| 26' | Normal Goal | R. Kolli (P. Smyth) | QPR |
| 29' | Yellow Card | R. Kolli | QPR |
| 30' | Yellow Card | J. Dunne | QPR |
| 46' | Substitution 1 | R. Kolli (on for D. Bennie) | QPR |
| 49' | Yellow Card | P. Ekwah | Watford |
| 57' | Substitution 1 | E. Bove (on for A. Nabizada) | Watford |
| 57' | Substitution 2 | N. Irankunda (on for M. Doumbia) | Watford |
| 57' | Substitution 3 | P. Ekwah (on for N. Mendy) | Watford |
| 61' | Yellow Card | P. Smyth | QPR |
| 62' | Yellow Card | S. Goglichidze | Watford |
| 63' | Normal Goal | P. Smyth | QPR |
| 72' | Substitution 2 | P. Smyth (on for K. Saito) | QPR |
| 73' | Substitution 4 | G. Chakvetadze (on for K. Baah) | Watford |
| 79' | Substitution 3 | H. Vale (on for K. Poku) | QPR |
| 84' | Yellow Card | R. Kone | QPR |
| 85' | Substitution 5 | S. Goglichidze (on for V. Semedo) | Watford |
| 85' | Normal Goal | I. Louza | Watford |
| 87' | Yellow Card | A. S. Mbengue | QPR |
| 90+1' | Yellow Card | K. Poku | QPR |
| 90+1' | Yellow Card | I. Louza | Watford |

## Statistics

| Stat | QPR | Watford |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 8 | 3 |
| Shots off Goal | 4 | 2 |
| Total Shots | 15 | 7 |
| Blocked Shots | 3 | 2 |
| Shots insidebox | 11 | 1 |
| Shots outsidebox | 4 | 6 |
| Fouls | 18 | 15 |
| Corner Kicks | 2 | 2 |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 |
| Ball Possession | 47% | 53% |
| Yellow Cards | 6 | 4 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 2 | 6 |
| Total passes | 331 | 377 |
| Passes accurate | 251 | 292 |
| Passes % | 76% | 77% |
| expected_goals | 2.40 | 0.34 |
| goals_prevented | 0 | 0 |

## QPR Lineup (4-4-2)

**Starting XI:** Joe Walsh (13), Amadou Salif Mbengue (27), Jimmy Dunne (3), Ronnie Edwards (37), Rhys Norrington-Davies (18), Harvey Vale (20), Kieran Morgan (21), Jonathan Varane (40), Paul Smyth (11), Richard Kone (22), Rayan Kolli (26)

**Substitutes:** Daniel Bennie (23), Koki Saito (14), Jake Clarke-Salter (6), Kwame Poku (17), Steve Cook (5), Kealey Adamson (2), Isaac Hayden (15), Esquerdinha (28), Ben Hamer (29)


## Watford Lineup (4-4-2)

**Starting XI:** Egil Selvik (1), Kévin Keben Biakolo (4), Matthew Pollock (6), Saba Goglichidze (3), Jeremy Petris (29), Nestory Irankunda (66), Edoardo Bove (15), Pierre Ekwah (17), Giorgi Chakvetadze (8), Luca Kjerrumgaard (9), Imrân Louza (10)

**Substitutes:** Mamadou Doumbia (20), Nampalys Mendy (23), Amin Nabizada (53), Kwadwo Baah (34), Thomas Ince (7), Formose Mendy (27), Joshua Mullins (50), Vivaldo (18), Nathan Baxter (12)