QPR vs Cardiff — Tips & Analysis

Cardiff +0.5: Cardiff just do not lose. They have tied all three of their Championship games since coming up: 2-2 with Sheffield Utd, 2-2 at Derby and 1-1 with Wrexham. They have tied 7 of their 16 games overall. They have lost by 2 or more goals only once in those 16. QPR are the better placed side, fourth on seven points and unbeaten after three games with a +3 goal difference. Their strength is at the back rather than up front. They let in just over a goal a game at Loftus Road. They have won by 2 or more goals in only 3 of their last 14 games. Cardiff score almost 2 goals a game and they are not easy to put away. Cardiff do have defensive problems, with Chambers, Fish and Lawlor all out. This still has the shape of a night where the home side hold the ball and cannot find the goal that breaks it open. A 1-1 tie is the likely result, and Cardiff have the habit to get one. The honest worry is history and level. QPR have won 10 of the last 19 meetings between these clubs. Cardiff also built a lot of their scoring numbers in League One, so those figures may not hold up here. We are still happy to side with Cardiff.