QPR – Cardiff 3–2

	1H	2H	T
QPR	2	1	3
C	2	0	2

Match report

QPR beat Cardiff 3–2 at QPR Stadium in Championship. Costa opened the scoring in the 9th minute. QPR have 3 wins in their last 5, while Cardiff have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

⚽Costaassist Costa

⚽K. Dembélé

21'

32'

⚽Müller

⚽I. Chairassist I. Chair

44'

J. Clarke-Salter

44'

61'

Romano

⇄M. Salamon↓ I. Chair

63'

⇄Keller↓ Müller

⚽I. Chairassist B. Hamer

82'

⇄P. Nardi↓ K. Dembélé

82'

⇄Bianchi↓ Petrov

Momentum

QPR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

Match info

TournamentChampionship · England

Kick-offMar 8, 2023 · 17:00

VenueQPR Stadium

Attendance50,546 / 62,403 (81%)

RefereeS. Marciniak (Pol)

FIFA ranking QPR

#5·

#12

Where to watch

Sky Sports

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

2.5Expected goals (xG)2

15Total shots12

8Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

9Corner kicks6

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Romano

7.8

Lineups

QPR 4-3-37.29Formation7.144-3-3 C

7.4Dembélé 17.6Silva 26.7García 37.6Moreau 47.8Romano 56.9Pereira 66.9Nielsen 76.3Costa 87.5Schmidt 97.1Marsh 107.8Müller 116.3Petrov

QPR

Coach: P. Rossi · 4-3-3

Cardiff

Coach: A. Moreno · 4-3-3

1Silva7.6 2García6.7 3Moreau7.6 4Romano7.8 5Pereira6.9 6Nielsen6.9 7Costa6.3 8Schmidt7.5 9Marsh7.1 10Müller7.8 11Petrov6.3

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97:45	+52	95	WWDLW
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80:47	+33	84	WWWWD
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64:49	+15	83	WWWWD
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82:56	+26	80	LWWWD
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72:47	+25	80	DLWWW
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70:66	+4	73	WDDLL
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69:65	+4	71	WDDLW
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67:59	+8	69	DLLLW
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63:56	+7	65	WDLLL
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57:56	+1	64	DLLLW
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57:59	-2	64	LWWWD
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59:59	0	62	WWDDL
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66:66	0	60	LLLWW
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55:62	-7	60	LLWWD
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61:73	-12	58	LWWWD
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53:65	-12	57	LLWWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51:56	-5	55	LLWWD
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49:64	-15	55	WDDLL
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44:58	-14	53	LLWWD
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42:56	-14	52	LWWDL
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48:58	-10	51	WDDLL
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45:59	-14	47	WWDDL
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58:68	-10	46	LWDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29:89	-60	0	DLLLL

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