QPR 2–1 Cardiff
QPR
2–1HT 1–0
Cardiff
QPR played Cardiff in the Championship on 2 September 2026 at Loftus Road Stadium. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 36'R. Burrell
- 47'Ollie Tanner — Yellow card
- 53'R. Burrell (assist by R. Edwards)
- 75'P. Ng (assist by O. Tanner)
- 77'Perry Ng — Yellow card
Line-ups
QPR 4-4-2
- P. Charles
- A. S. Mbengue
- J. Dunne
- R. Edwards
- T. Lamptey
- H. Vale
- G. Kamara
- N. Madsen
- K. Saito
- A. Lloyd
- R. Burrell
- SUBSTITUTES
- C. Ward
- D. Cirkin
- K. Adamson
- J. Clarke-Salter
- I. Chair
- J. Varane
- J. Obikwu
- P. Smyth
- R. Kone
- COACHES: Julien Stephan
Cardiff 4-2-3-1
- N. Trott
- P. Ng
- G. Osho
- J. Bagan
- C. Scanlon
- A. Robertson
- C. Ashford
- O. Tanner
- R. Colwill
- J. Moylan
- Y. Salech
- SUBSTITUTES
- H. Tyrer
- R. Kpakio
- D. Turnbull
- C. Willock
- K. Bielik
- J. Colwill
- R. Tankiewicz
- I. Davies
- C. Robinson
- COACHES: Brian Barry-Murphy
Match statistics
| QPR | Cardiff | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 9 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 20 | Total shots | 9 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 17 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 10 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Corners | 4 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 37% | Possession | 63% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 342 | Total passes | 583 |
| 270 | Accurate passes | 515 |
| 79% | Pass accuracy | 88% |
| 2.09 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.60 |
| -0.45 | goals_prevented | -0.45 |