QPR v Cardiff predictions: Pull up a Chair for 7/2 Loftus Road Bet Builder
Enda McElhinney
QPR have come from behind to win two of three Championship games
Cardiff have drawn all three games, including a pair of 2-2 stalemates
Recommended bet: Over 2.5 Goals, Yousef Salech to Score or Assist & Ilias Chair Over 0.5 Shots on Target at 7/2 with LiveScore Bet
Both QPR and Cardiff will be pleased with their starts in the Championship and an entertaining tussle promises to play out as they meet in West London.
Rangers have taken seven points from nine on offer and went into this round of games sitting fourth in the embryonic table.
The Bluebirds are back in the Championship after spending last season in the third tier and have yet to taste defeat, though Brian Barry-Murphy has also yet to see his side win after three draws.
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Team news
Dutch defender Boy Kemper joined QPR over the summer but has not featured since the opening weekend win at Portsmouth and is likely to miss out again here.
Karamoko Dembele and Justin Obikwu are longer term absentees for the home side but two more new faces, Tariq Lamptey and Glen Kamara, were introduced at half-time on Saturday at Blackburn and are pushing for their first starts.
Polish defender Krystian Bielik made his Cardiff debut on Saturday and picked up a knock late on, so will have to be assessed.
Dylan Lawlor, Will Fish and Calum Chambers are missing from the Cardiff backline with Liverpool loanee Calum Scanlon likely to make the starting XI if Bielik misses out.
The stats
QPR have beaten Cardiff just once in their last four Championship meetings at Loftus Road (D2, L1).
The R's have had to come from behind in both league victories over Portsmouth and Blackburn.
Cardiff have scored nine goals in five league and cup games, including successive 2-2 draws in the Championship.
Cardiff striker Yousef Salech has already scored four goals in all competitions this season.
QPR winger Ilias Chair has two goals and one assist in three league games and had two shots on target in the win at Blackburn on Saturday.
Over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Cardiff's five games this season in league and cup, while two of QPR's three Championship games have featured at least three goals.
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Prediction
Both hosts QPR and Cardiff remain unbeaten after three rounds of Championship action as they lock horns at Loftus Road.
Julien Stephan can be pleased with the attitude his QPR side are showing as they have come from behind to win at Portsmouth and Blackburn either side of a stalemate here against promoted Bolton.
Now they face another side that came up from League One in the Bluebirds.
A hat-trick of draws has kept Barry-Murphy's side unbeaten back in the second tier and they have already had 2-2 draws with Derby and Sheffield United.
Danish forward Salech has four goals and an assist already for Cardiff this season and can grab another goal involvement here.
For QPR, wide man Ilias Chair has two goals and one assist. He had two shots on target in the win at Ewood Park over the weekend and landed at least one shot on target in three of his four games.
Salech and Chair to be at the attacking forefront of an open game looks the best play at Loftus Road.
Score prediction: QPR 2-2 Cardiff
