📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will play in this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Championship stalemate against Charlton Athletic.

In that game, Southampton managed 72% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The only player to score for Southampton was Ross Stewart (48'). At the other end, Charlton Athletic got 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Sonny Carey (67') scored for Charlton Athletic.

Southampton have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 11 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5.

Ahead of this clash, Southampton have not been beaten in the league by Queens Park Rangers in their previous 5 games.

Queens Park Rangers

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QPR will go into the meeting following on from a 1-3 Championship win in the defeat of Hull City in their last game.

In that match, Queens Park Rangers had 41% possession and 12 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Queens Park Rangers, the goalscorers were Daniel Bennie (84') and Richard Kone (95'). At the other end, Hull City had 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Paddy McNair (21' Own goal) and Joe Gelhardt (39') scored for Hull City.

Julien Stéphan's Queens Park Rangers have fired home a total of 6 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that period comes to 8.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Queens Park Rangers:

• have not beaten Southampton when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes going back to 02/03/2013 tells us that Southampton have won 5 of these games and QPR 1, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 from The Saints and 5 for The R's. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Championship match day 14 on 05/11/2025 when the final score was Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Southampton.

In that match, Queens Park Rangers managed 61% possession and 20 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Rumarn Burrell (73').

Southampton had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Jay Robinson (55') and Léo Scienza (69') scored.

The referee was James Bell.

📋 Team News: Southampton

Alex McCarthy (Wrist injury), Cyle Larin (Hamstring injury) and Mads Roerslev (Knee injury) aren’t available for Southampton manager Tonda Eckert.

It’s our opinion that The Saints will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time and select Daniel Peretz, Caspar Jander, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Shea Charles, Flynn Downes, Tom Fellows, Cameron Archer, Samuel Edozie and Ross Stewart.

ℹ️ Team News: QPR

QPR manager Julien Stéphan has a number of players out of action. Jake Clarke-Salter (Hip injury), Ziyad Larkeche (Cruciate ligament injury) and Karamoko Dembélé (Torn knee ligaments) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We believe The R's appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup using Joe Walsh, Amadou Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Ronnie Edwards, R. Norrington-Davies, Harvey Vale, Nicolas Madsen, Isaac Hayden, Koki Saito, Rayan Kolli and Richard Kone.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Queens Park Rangers have the firepower to put a goal past this Southampton side, however it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Southampton when the full-time whistle blows. It’s a very tough call.

Victor Martins, 15:04 24/02/2026