Cardiff City v QPR: match preview, team news, facts and figures
Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)
Match in a nutshell: With just one defeat in their last six matches – to Championship leaders Middlesbrough – QPR travel to Cardiff, where they haven’t lost since 2008.
Injuries and suspensions
CARDIFF CITY
Ruled out: Ben Turner (ankle).
Fitness tests: Anthony Pilkington (knee).
QPR
Ruled out: Gabriele Angella (hip), Jamie Mackie (hamstring), Paul Konchesky (calf).
Fitness test: James Perch (thigh).
Possible line-ups
Subs from: Moore, Fabio, Connolly, O’Keefe, Dikgacoi, Lawrence, Saadi, Zohore, Ameobi.
QPR: Smithies; Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Robinson; Henry, Luongo; Phillips, Chery, Hoilett; Polter.
Subs from: Ingram, Lumley, Kpekawa, Hall, Tozser, Diakite, Gladwin, Faurlin, Petrasso, El Khayati, Washington.
Vital statistics
Form guide – last five league matches
Cardiff total: L D W D W (8 points)
Home: W W L W W (12 points)
QPR total: W D L D W (8 points)
Away: D D L D D (4 points)
Top scorers – all competitions
Cardiff: Pilkington 8; Mason 6, Noone 6; Immers 5, Jones 5, Whittingham 5; Morrison 3; Ecuele Manga 2, Gunnarsson 2, Malone 2, O’Keefe 2, Watt 2; Ameobi 1, Connolly 1, Fabio 1, Ralls 1, Revell 1.
QPR: Austin 10, Chery 10; Phillips 8; Polter 7; Hoilett 6; Emmanuel-Thomas 5; Onuoha 3; Angella 1, El Khayati 1, Fer 1, Hill 1, Mackie 1, Tozser 1.
Last five meetings
15 August 2015: QPR 2 Cardiff 2
23 April 2011: Cardiff 2 QPR 2
27 November 2010: QPR 2 Cardiff 1
17 April 2010: QPR 0 Cardiff 1
19 September 2009: Cardiff 0 QPR 2
Cardiff 1 win, QPR 2 wins, 2 draws
