QPR v Cardiff preview as unbeaten pair meet at Loftus Road | OneFootball

Queens Park Rangers host Cardiff City at Loftus Road on Wednesday, both aiming to extend unbeaten Championship starts. QPR have seven points from three matches, newly promoted Cardiff have drawn all three. Kick-off is 19:45 BST.

Julien Stephan’s side have started well after finishing 15th last season. They won 3-1 at Portsmouth, drew 0-0 with Bolton Wanderers, then recovered to beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park, having trailed in both victories. Paul Smyth and Jimmy Dunne scored in the second half at Blackburn.

Stephan has praised Cardiff’s brave approach and says performances have outstripped results. He believes they were very dominant against Derby and that they could have seven points from three games, after a dominant League One campaign last term.

Cardiff returned to the second tier after one season, finishing second with 91 points. Brian Barry-Murphy’s team have opened with a 1-1 draw against Wrexham and 2-2 draws with Derby County and Sheffield United, where Jack Moylan scored early and Cian Ashford levelled before half-time.

QPR report no new injuries after Blackburn, though left-back Boy Kemper remains sidelined following an injury on his Championship debut. Karamoko Dembele is recovering from an ACL problem and is close to returning, while new signing Tariq Lamptey is back on the pitch after the same injury.

Cardiff may need to reshuffle after Krystian Bielik was forced off on debut, with Calum Scanlon the likely replacement. Dylan Lawlor, William Fish and Calum Chambers are out, Yousef Salech is expected to lead the line with Ruben Colwill in support.

Source: Hounslow Herald

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