Bristol City vs Queens Park Rangers Live

Preview: Queens Park Rangers vs. Bristol City - prediction, team news, lineups Queens Park Rangers vs Bristol City: League Championship preview, team news, stats, prediction, kick-off time Queens Park Rangers vs. Bristol City Odds, Picks, Prediction: Back Hosts to Sting Promoted Bees in EPL Match (Sept. 18) Two of the more refreshing faces in the League Championship do battle in Saturday’s early kickoff when Queens Park Rangers host Bristol City at the Molineux Stadium. Queens Park Rangers finally shook off some of its poor luck to begin the season last weekend with a 2-0 win at Bristol City. Meanwhile, Bristol City suffered its first top-flight loss since their last season in the English first division, way back in 1946-47, in a 1-0 home setback against Brighton & Hove Albion. This is these clubs’ first meeting since January 2018, when Queens Park Rangers earned a 3-0 victory in the League Championship en route to a first-place finish and promotion to the top flight. Queens Park Rangers Finally Break Through Against Bristol City First-year manager Bruno Lage’s side entered the September international break winless and as perhaps the most unfortunate club in the opening weeks of the season in terms of chances against goals. Eventually, that was rectified in a comfortable away win against overmatched Bristol City. It took a 74th-minute own goal to finally burst through a season-opening shutout streak before substitute Hwang Hee-chan put the game away in the 88th minute. Performances off the bench from Hee-chan and Daniel Podence have prompted speculation Lage could insert either or both into the starting lineup against Bristol City. With a -1 goal difference, Queens Park Rangers are still lagging their expected goals considerably, with a +3.2 xG difference the third largest in the league. Queens Park Rangers will be looking to make it back-to-back wins in the League Championship when they welcome Bristol City to Molineux on Saturday afternoon. Bruno Lage's side, who sit 13th in the table, recorded a 2-0 win over Bristol City in their last league encounter, while 10th-placed Bristol City suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion. Queens Park Rangers had suffered three straight 1-0 defeats to Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in their opening fixtures of the 2021-22 League Championship season, which meant that there was pressure on the team to deliver a positive result away to Bristol City last weekend. As it transpired, two goals in the final 16 minutes of the contest, including one from new signing Hwang Hee-chan, saw Lage pick up his first points since being appointed head coach over the summer. Queens Park Rangers have therefore collected three points from their first four matches of the season to sit 13th in the table, and Lage will now view this game as the perfect chance to put another win on the board. It is a busy end to the month for the former Championship winners, who will take on Tottenham in the EFL Cup on September 22 before travelling to Bristol City in the league four days later, and it will be interesting to see where Lage's side sit entering October, as the squad is full of quality. Queens Park Rangers are unbeaten in their last four matches with Bristol City, recording three wins in the process, although Saturday's contest will be the first meeting between the two teams since January 2018. Bristol City, meanwhile, will enter this weekend's contest off the back of a 1-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend, with Leandro Trossard scoring a last-minute winner for the Seagulls. The loss to Graham Potter's side was a setback, but it has still been an encouraging start to the season for the promoted outfit, who opened their campaign with a 2-0 home success over Bristol City. The Bees have also drawn with Bristol City and Queens Park Rangers in their opening four matches, in addition to recording a 3-1 home success over Forest Green Rovers to progress in the EFL Cup. Like Queens Park Rangers, Bristol City will be in EFL Cup action next week, taking on Oldham Athletic, but the League Championship will be regarded as the priority for Thomas Frank's side, and they have the small matter of a home league game against Queens Park Rangers to end the month of September. The Bees have not beaten Queens Park Rangers since a Championship fixture in February 2016, but a lot has changed at both clubs since then, and it is set to be a fascinating battle between the two teams at Molineux this weekend. Queens Park Rangers will again be without the services of Jonny Castro, Pedro Neto and Hugo Bueno for this weekend's contest at Molineux, but Lage has no fresh injury concerns. The majority of the side that started against Bristol City should retain their spots, but Hee-Chan's strong performance off the bench, which included a goal, against the Hornets could mean that the recent arrival replaces Francisco Trincao in the final third of the field. Daniel Podence and Leander Dendoncker are among those pushing to make the first XI, but it is difficult to imagine too many alterations from the side that impressed last time out. As for Bristol City, Josh Dasilva and Mads Sorensen remain sidelined, but the Bees have no fresh injury concerns ahead of this weekend's contest. Head coach Frank is expected to resist the temptation to shuffle his pack following the home defeat to Brighton, with Ivan Toney and Bryan Mbeumo set to continue in the final third of the field. There might be a change in midfield, though, with Frank Onyeka potentially coming in for Shandon Baptiste, which was an alteration that happened during the second half of the clash against the Seagulls. Queens Park Rangers possible starting lineup: Sa; Kilman, Coady, Saiss; Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Marcal; Traore, Jimenez, Hee-Chan Bristol City possible starting lineup: Raya; Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock; Canos, Onyeka, Norgaard, Janlet, Henry; Toney, Mbeumo