Championship

Championship | Gameweek 23

Dec 23, 2023 at 3pm UK

Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

QPR
0 - 1
Southampton

Dixon-Bonner (45+2')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Harwood-Bellis (42')
Aribo (45+2'), Charles (68'), Adams (71'), Stephens (90+3')
Charles (89')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Queens Park Rangers and Southampton, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Queens Park Rangers

All competitions

Last Game: Sheff Weds 2-1 QPR
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Southampton

All competitions

Last Game: Southampton 4-0 Blackburn
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Southampton

With QPR facing their first bit of trouble under their new management, this feels like an important fixture. However, Southampton are one of the worst opponents that they could possibly face, leading us to predict a ruthless away victory. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Southampton win with a probability of 48.51%. A win for Queens Park Rangers had a probability of 27.74% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Southampton win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.91%) and 0-2 (7.64%). The likeliest Queens Park Rangers win was 2-1 (6.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.06%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Southampton would win this match.

Result
Queens Park Rangers	Draw	Southampton
27.74% ( 0.03)	23.76% ( 0.01)	48.51% ( -0.05)

Both teams to score 58.33% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.73% (

-0.05)

43.27% (

0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.33% (

-0.04)

65.67% (

0.04)

Queens Park Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.12% (

-0)

28.87% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.26% (

-0)

64.74% (

Southampton Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.02% (

-0.03)

17.98% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.16% (

-0.06)

48.84% (

0.06)

Score Analysis

Queens Park Rangers 27.74%

Southampton 48.51%

Draw 23.75%

Queens Park Rangers	Draw	Southampton
2-1 @ 6.87% ( 0) 1-0 @ 6.45% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 4.01% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 2.85% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.44% ( -0) 3-0 @ 1.66% ( 0) Other @ 3.46% Total : 27.74%	1-1 @ 11.06% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 5.9% ( -0) 0-0 @ 5.19% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.4% ( -0) Other @ 0.2% Total : 23.75%	1-2 @ 9.49% ( -0) 0-1 @ 8.91% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 7.64% ( -0) 1-3 @ 5.43% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 4.37% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 3.37% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 2.33% ( -0.01) 0-4 @ 1.88% ( -0) 2-4 @ 1.45% ( -0) Other @ 3.64% Total : 48.51%