QPR 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

QPR bring strong early-season momentum and the home crowd, but Middlesbrough arrive with a clear recent psychological edge in this matchup. The hosts have multiple attacking contributors and can expose Boro’s recent difficulty in shutting opponents out. Boro’s route is through Lankshear, fast breaks and sustained pressure in the wide channels, especially if QPR’s midweek exertions show late on. Team news around Kemper and Sarmiento is the main late variable.

Head-to-head analysis

Middlesbrough have won five successive league meetings with QPR, a run featuring several convincing performances. Their repeated success at Loftus Road gives the visitors a tangible matchup advantage, even against an improved home side.

Injuries and absences

Dembélé's confirmed absence reduces QPR's ability to introduce direct one-versus-one threat from wide areas, while Kemper's uncertain fitness could affect their defensive balance. Middlesbrough's potential loss of Sarmiento would similarly reduce their bench pace and wing rotation.

Form (last 5)

QPR vs Middlesbrough stats

Last meetings

• 2026-03-08QPR 0-4 Middlesbrough
• 2025-12-13Middlesbrough 3-1 QPR
• 2025-03-11Middlesbrough 2-1 QPR
• 2024-11-05QPR 1-4 Middlesbrough
• 2024-03-09QPR 0-2 Middlesbrough
• 2023-09-02Middlesbrough 0-2 QPR

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Other Championship matches

• Millwall – Wrexham
• QPR – Cardiff
• West Brom – Charlton
• Burnley – Middlesbrough
• Lincoln – Southampton
• Preston – Blackburn
• Stoke City – Charlton
• Burnley – Bristol City