LONDON. Stoke City prevails over Queens Park Rangers with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Campbell (14′) and a goal from M. Vrancic (78′). Queens Park Rangers was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

C. Austin didn’t convert a decisive penalty (63′). That would have allowed Queens Park Rangers to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Tony Harrington who was helped by Marc Perry and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Neil Hair. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Queens Park Rangers was in firm control of the ball 65% while Stoke City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Queens Park Rangers was was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, Stoke City managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Queens Park Rangers shot 23 times, 8 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Stoke City shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Queens Park Rangers didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Stoke City received 1 yellow card (M. Fox).

Standings

After playing this match, Queens Park Rangers will stay with 35 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Stoke City will have 34 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Queens Park Rangers will play away against Sheffield United on the 13th of December with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Sheffield United (5 draws).

Stoke City will host Middlesbrough on the 11th of December with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Middlesbrough (2 draws).

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Queens Park Rangers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Mark Warburton decided to play with the following team: Seny Dieng (6.4), Robert Dickie (7.4), Jimmy Dunne (7.1), Yoann Barbet (7.4), Osman Kakay (6.6), Stefan Johansen (6.8), Andre Dozzell (6.7), Samuel Field (6.6), Ilias Chair (7.6), Christopher Willock (7.8) and Charlie Austin (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Dominic Ball, George Thomas (6.5), Jordan Archer, Luke Amos (7.1), Stephen Duke-McKenna and Andre Gray (6.3).

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 3 changes: A. Dozzell for L. Amos (67′), C. Austin for A. Gray (74′) and S. Field for G. Thomas (80′).

Best player: Christopher Willock​

The player that probably impressed the most for Queens Park Rangers was Christopher Willock.

His rating is (7.8) with 51 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

Stoke City – Formation

Stoke City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Michael O\’Neill played with: Adam Davies (10.0), Tommy Smith (7.3), Ben Wilmot (7.1), Danny Batth (7.6), Morgan Fox (6.7), Josh Tymon (7.3), Romaine Sawyers (7.1), Joe Allen (7.1), Mario Vrančić (8.8), Steven Fletcher (7.2) and Tyrese Campbell (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jack Bonham, Jacob Brown (6.5), Alfie Doughty, Sam Clucas (6.9), James Chester, Thomas Ince and Abdallah Sima.

Stoke City could not rely on the presence of S. Clucas (injured) and J. Brown (injured).

Substitutions

Stoke City made 3 changes: R. Sawyers for S. Clucas (57′), T. Campbell for J. Brown (67′) and S. Fletcher for T. Ince (90′).

Best player: Mario Vrančić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Stoke City was Mario Vrančić.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 34 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Queens Park Rangers – Stoke City – 0-2