📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton enter this game after a 1-1 Championship stalemate versus Charlton Athletic.

In that match, Southampton had 72% possession and 23 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Southampton was Ross Stewart (48'). For their opponents, Charlton Athletic had 6 shots at goal with 3 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 this match following a 1-3 Championship win with the downing of Hull City in their last outing.

In that match, Queens Park Rangers managed 41% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Queens Park Rangers, the scorers were Daniel Bennie (84') and Richard Kone (95'). At the other end, Hull City had 14 attempts on goal with 4 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

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 02/03/2013 tells us that Southampton have won 5 of them & QPR 1, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

An aggregate of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for The Saints and 5 being from The R's. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league game featuring these sides was Championship match day 14 on 05/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Southampton.

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

At the other end, Southampton got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Jay Robinson (55') and Léo Scienza (69') scored.

The referee was James Bell.

📋 Team News: Southampton

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

We are thinking that The Saints will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 formation 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.

📋 Team News: QPR

QPR manager Julien Stéphan has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jake Clarke-Salter (Hip injury), Ziyad Larkeche (Cruciate ligament injury) and Karamoko Dembélé (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that The R's could decide to play in a 4-4-2 system, starting 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, 04:05 24/02/2026