Championship 26/27 · 2 Sep 2026

Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Cardiff City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Queens Park Rangers favourites at 54%.

Queens Park Rangers won and made the better chances: 2.1 xG to 0.6.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Gabriel Osho, 67.7 in 90′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Rumarn Burrell Forward	90	2	0	0.79	55.2
Pierce Charles Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	50.7
Nicolas Madsen Midfielder	71	0	0	–	47.3
Glen Kamara Midfielder	72	0	0	–	45.5
Jake Clarke-Salter Defender	18	0	0	–	43.4
Jonathan Varane Midfielder	19	0	0	0.01	42.8
Jimmy Dunne Defender	90	0	0	0.03	41.7
Koki Saito Midfielder	90	0	0	0.20	38.3
Kealey Adamson Defender	18	0	0	–	37.4
Alfie Lloyd Forward	81	0	0	0.24	37.0
Harvey Vale Midfielder	90	0	0	0.43	35.5
Ronnie Edwards Defender	90	0	1	0.21	35.0
Amadou Salif Mbengue Defender	72	0	0	–	27.2
Tariq Lamptey Defender	72	0	0	0.03	26.1
Dennis Cirkin Defender	18	0	0	–	24.2
Ilias Chair Midfielder	9	0	0	0.14	3.4

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Gabriel Osho Defender	90	0	0	–	67.7
Perry Ng Defender	90	1	0	0.09	61.8
Isaak Davies Forward	1	0	0	–	61.0
Chris Willock Midfielder	45	0	0	–	60.5
Joel Bagan Defender	90	0	0	–	52.8
Krystian Bielik Defender	45	0	0	–	52.5
Calum Scanlon Defender	45	0	0	–	52.1
Callum Robinson Forward	1	0	0	–	51.1
Nathan Trott Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	47.2
Alex Robertson Midfielder	89	0	0	0.09	45.1
Jack Moylan Midfielder	80	0	0	0.07	44.5
Joel Colwill Midfielder	10	0	0	0.14	42.8
Rubin Colwill Midfielder	90	0	0	–	42.3
Ollie Tanner Midfielder	89	0	1	–	41.5
Yousef Salech Forward	90	0	0	0.02	36.4
Cian Ashford Midfielder	45	0	0	0.19	35.5