QPR have won three games on the trot, scoring 11 goals.
Over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Preston's last five games
Recommended bet: Over 2.5 goals
Preston North End and Queens Park Rangers could both have laid claim to Championship play-off dreams at one stage or another this season but those fires are long since burned out.
The Hoops are 10th after winning three games on the trot, but still eight points adrift of Wrexham in sixth and with too much traffic to negotiate now.
Paul Heckingbottom's North End side, meanwhile, have slid from the Championship play-off picture to 15th spot since the turn of the year.
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Team news
Both sides appear to have come out of their Good Friday encounters unscathed. Preston will continue to be without Callum Lang (hamstring), Jamal Lewis (knee) and Ali McCann (knock).
QPR are set to travel without Rumarn Burrell (hamstring), Ilias Chair (muscle), Karamoko Dembele (knee), Nicolas Madsen (hamstring) and Justin Obikwu (knock).
The stats
QPR have won three games in a row, scoring 11 goals in doing so, to climb to 10th spot, but are still eight points away from the play-off positions with only six games left.
Preston have scored five goals and taken four points from their last two games after losing four on the trot previously.
QPR forward Paul Smyth has three goals and two assists in his last two games.
Over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Preston's last six home games, with just one clean sheet and there have been at least three goals in seven of QPR's previous nine Championship games.
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Prediction
The play-offs are surely out of reach for QPR despite a run of three straight wins.
Preston, meanwhile, have dropped off alarmingly since January with just two wins in 14 league games since they kicked off 2026 with victories over Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City to get right into the top-six conversation.
With just six games each left, this Easter weekend probably finds both North End and QPR casting their minds towards the summer break.
Calling this one either way looks tough, though QPR are the side with momentum at their backs and they have scored 11 goals in three wins lately.
Preston have been amongst the goals too, with a 3-1 win over Stoke here before Friday's 2-2 draw at Leicester. Four of their last five have produced three or more goals, while the same is true of Julien Stephan's QPR.
Both teams have scored in the last three Championship meetings of these clubs and over 2.5 goals at Deepdale looks the smartest play for this Bank Holiday Monday tussle.
