PRESTON. Queens Park Rangers had a surprising win over Preston North End with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Smyth (55′) and a goal from C. Willock (87′).

The match was played at the Deepdale stadium in Preston on Saturday and it started at 7:00 am local time. The referee was Joshua Smith with the collaboration of Matthew Jones and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Matt Donohue.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Preston North End had a strong ball possession 55% while Queens Park Rangers was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Preston North End was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Queens Park Rangers was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Preston North End shot 7 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Queens Park Rangers shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Preston North End received 1 yellow card (Ben Woodburn). On the opposite side, Queens Park Rangers received 1 yellow card (Lyndon Dykes).

Standings

After this match, Preston North End will stay with 28 points like Blackburn Rovers to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Queens Park Rangers will have 16 points to remain in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Preston North End will host Huddersfield Town on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).

Queens Park Rangers will play away agasint Plymouth Argyle on the 9th of April with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Plymouth Argyle (6 draws).

Preston North End – Formation

Preston North End started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Ryan Lowe decided to play with the following team: Milutin Osmajić, Brad Potts, Freddie Woodman (7.0), Calvin Ramsay (7.0), Jordan Storey (7.0), Liam Lindsay (6.3), Andrew Hughes (6.4), Ben Whiteman (6.8), Alan Browne (7.0), Duane Holmes (7.3), Will Keane (6.4), Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (6.7) and Ched Evans  (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ryan Ledson, Kian Best, Greg Cunningham, Robbie Brady, Ali McCann (7.1), Layton Stewart (6.8), Ben Woodburn (6.3), David Cornell and Liam Millar (6.4).

Substitutions

Preston North End made 4 changes: Will Keane for Liam Millar (46′), Calvin Ramsay for Layton Stewart (87′), Ben Whiteman for Ali McCann (73′) and Mads Frökjaer-Jensen for Ben Woodburn (73′).

Player of the match: Duane Holmes​

The player that probably impressed the most for Preston North End was Duane Holmes.

His rating is (7.3) with 33 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

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

Martí Cifuentes Corvillo played with: Asmir Begović (7.3), Reggie Cannon (7.0), Jimmy Dunne (7.3), Jake Clarke-Salter (7.0), Kenneth Paal (7.0), Jack Colback (7.0), Samuel Field (7.7), Chris Willock (7.5), Andre Dozzell (6.7), Lyndon Dykes (7.0), Paul Smyth (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Osman Kakay (6.7), Steve Cook, Ilias Chair (8.5), Elijah Dixon-Bonner (7.3), Jordan Archer, Ziyad Larkeche (6.7), Charlie Kelman, Stephen Duke-McKenna and Aaron Drewe.

Queens Park Rangers could not rely on the presence of Ilias Chair (injured).

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 5 changes: Jack Colback for Ilias Chair (46′), Paul Smyth for Elijah Dixon-Bonner (65′), Reggie Cannon for Osman Kakay (65′), Chris Willock for Charlie Kelman (90′) and Andre Dozzell for Ziyad Larkeche (79′).

Player of the match: Ilias Chair​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Queens Park Rangers was Ilias Chair even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 38 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

His performance was sensational also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Preston North End – Queens Park Rangers – 0-2