Queens Park Rangers FC
Football England - EFL Championship Loftus Road Thu 1 Jan 10:00
Norwich City FC
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  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Championship Betting Preview: QPR vs Norwich

QPR host Norwich at Loftus Road, with kick-off set for 10:00 on Thursday 1 January.

Rangers Look Great Value

We can back QPR at +107 to get the better of Norwich and this looks like a standout price. The Full-Time Result market gives us the chance to grab a slice of value for this selection.

3-1 Norwich Victory in Previous H2H Meeting

Queens Park Rangers have won four home games on the spin. On the road at The Hawthorns in their last game, they were beaten 2-1 by West Bromwich Albion. Rangers had 55% possession, with Ousmane Diakite (own goal) being the goalscorer.

Norwich City lost their previous game, being beaten at home to Watford 1-0 at Carrow Road. The Norfolk club enjoyed 55% possession and recorded one shot on goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

These two sides previously met at Carrow Road, with Norwich landing the home victory. Defeating QPR by a 3-1 scoreline. In the 10 previous H2H games, there have been five draws, four Norwich wins and a victory for QPR.

Championship G W D L GF GA GD GD P
10 Norwich logo Norwich 39 16 6 17 52 46 6 52:46 54
12 QPR logo QPR 39 15 8 16 55 61 -6 55:61 53
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QPR – Last 10 League Games

5 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws, averaging 1.7 goals from 11.8 attempts and 4.0 shots on goal. QPR have had 41.0% possession and 4.7 corners per match. On average, the opposition have scored 1.4 goals from 11.4 attempts and 3.4 shots on goal, while earning 6.8 corners.

Rumarn Burrell is the top goalscorer with 4, Jimmy Dunne has 3, with Koki Saito and two other players on 1. The top assist makers are Nicolas Madsen, Rumarn Burrell and Ilias Chair, all of whom have 2 on the board.

Norwich City – Last 10 League Games

Norwich have won 3, lost 4 and drawn 3, with an average of 1.3 goals from 4.1 shots on goal and 12.8 attempts. Philippe Clement's side have averaged 50.1% possession, 6.0 corners awarded and 4.6 corners against, while they’ve conceded 1.5 goals from 4.0 shots on goal and 11.5 attempts.

Jovon Makama has landed 5 goals, Mathias Kvistgaarden 2, with Joshua Sargent and two others scoring 1. Emiliano Marcondes has been the top assist maker with 2 in the last 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

QPR confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Paul Nardi (GK), Amadou Salif Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Steve Cook, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Karamoko Dembele, Nicolas Madsen, Isaac Hayden, Paul Smyth, Richard Kone, Rumarn Burrell.

Norwich confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Vladan Kovacevic (GK), Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, Jose Cordoba, Benjamin Chrisene, Kenny McLean, Pelle Mattsson, Matej Jurasek, Jacob Wright, Oscar Schwartau, Joshua Sargent.

QPR vs Norwich Prediction & Betting Tips

Gear up for QPR vs Norwich with our comprehensive betting guide, featuring an expert match prediction, scoreline advice, corners market value, top player props and a hand-picked bet builder.

Match Prediction

It could be beneficial to back QPR for this Championship clash. There’s loads of value in the +107 that the home team get the job done and we think a victory could be on the cards.

Our football predictions are always well-researched and it starts with a combination of team news and form guide. Once we have a clear idea of what might happen, we match up the latest Championship data.

Key QPR vs Norwich league stats:

  • QPR have won 4 consecutive games at home.
  • QPR have won 6 of their last 10 games at home.
  • Norwich have lost 11 of their last 20 games.
QPR to Win Probability

The best betting sites make it a 48.3% chance that our pick is settled as a winner. Taking all factors into consideration, our experts think there’s a stronger chance of success and have a probability interval between 55-60%. This wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Match Prediction
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Correct Score Prediction

QPR QPR logo 1 - 0 Norwich logo Norwich

We’re taking a correct score bet which involves QPR to win 1-0. The odds of +600 make plenty of appeal and you should hopefully get some entertainment with this wager.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Jovon Makama Over 0.5 Shots On Target -130 BetMGM logo

Jovon Makama (Norwich) can be backed at -130 to have at least one shot on goal. In conclusion, we think that the odds offer plenty of appeal when it comes to betting on Shots on Target.

Latest Jovon Makama Player Prop Odds

Rumarn Burrell to Score +150 BetMGM logo

Rumarn Burrell (QPR) has netted four goals in his past five Championship matches on home soil. The Anytime Goalscorer odds look really appealing based on the stats and we’ll take a chance on him at odds of +150.

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Corners Prediction

QPR Under 5.5 Corners -109 BetMGM logo

QPR have failed to cover the 5.5 corners line in four straight matches, while the previous 10 Norwich games have seen them concede an average of 4.60 corners. The QPR Team Corners line looks too big and we’re happy to go under this number at odds of -109.

League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
QPR Logo QPR
Total
11.50 4.70 6.80
Home
8.60 5.70 2.90
Away
11.00 3.60 7.40
Norwich Logo Norwich
Total
10.60 6.00 4.60
Home
10.20 5.60 4.60
Away
11.50 4.90 6.60
Latest Corner Odds

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Bet Builder Tips

Full-Time Result QPR +107
Total Goals Under 2.5 -105
Team Corners QPR Under 5.5 -109

We’ve got a same-game multi with three options: QPR to win, no more than two goals to be registered together with QPR to record under 5.5 corners.

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QPR vs Norwich Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Latest Odds Suggest QPR Win

The Full-Time Result odds of -111 suggest that Queens Park Rangers are likely victors and there’s a 53% probability that the favourites win this Championship clash. Norwich City are operating at larger odds than the opposition and the underdogs can be wagered at +290.

The Asian Handicap -0.5 provides the chance to bet on QPR to effectively win. If you want to oppose them, there’s the alternative to back Norwich +0.5 at -114 and that gets the draw onside.

You can back Over 2.5 Goals or Under 2.5 Goals at similar odds right now. Punters expecting both teams to find the net can get -147 when it comes to BTTS Yes.

The top football betting sites definitely give customers lots of choice. When it comes to Championship games, choose from hundreds of markets until you find the most attractive odds.

Rumarn Burrell Favourite to Find the Net First

Favourite Rumarn Burrell is priced at +360 to be the first player on the scoresheet, while there’s also the chance to back him to score any time at odds of +135.

Player Goals
Rumarn Burrell (QPR)
First
+135
Anytime
+360
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Joshua Sargent (Norwich)
First
+195
Anytime
+480
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Richard Kone (QPR)
First
+200
Anytime
+500
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Ilias Chair (QPR)
First
+240
Anytime
+650
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Player Shots On Target
Rumarn Burrell (QPR)
Over 0.5
-270
Under 0.5
+148
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Joshua Sargent (Norwich)
Over 0.5
-189
Under 0.5
+108
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Loftus Road
Loftus Road
QPR Have the Winning Habit at Home

QPR have managed four consecutive victories at Loftus Road. Rangers have finished with six wins, three losses and one draw in the last 10 home matches, scoring an average of 1.90 goals per game and conceding 1.40.

Norwich are winless over their previous ten games on their travels. The Norfolk club have collected five draws and five defeats in the past 10 away games, scoring an average of 1.00 goals per match and conceding 1.80.

The previous Loftus Road encounter involved a 3-0 QPR win against Norwich. The past 5 H2H matches at Loftus Road have resulted in two Norwich wins, two draws and one QPR victory.

Last 10 League Games W-D-L G GF GA O2.5 U2.5 B-Y B-No
QPR logo QPR Home Stats 6-1-3 3.30 1.90 1.40 8 2 8 2
Norwich logo Norwich Away Stats 0-5-5 2.80 1.00 1.80 4 6 9 1
  • W-D-L = Wins-Draws-Losses
  • G = Avg. Goals
  • GF = Avg. Goals For
  • GA = Avg. Goals Against
  • O2.5 = Matches Over 2.5 Goals
  • U2.5 = Matches Under 2.5 Goals
  • B-Y = Matches BTTS Yes
  • B-No = Matches BTTS No
Team Stats
QPR logo QPR League Stats
Norwich logo Norwich League Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 5 wins, 3 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 6 wins, 3 defeats and 1 draw in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 3 wins, 4 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 5 defeats and 5 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession
Top Scorers & Assists
Top Scorers & Assists

QPR vs Norwich Lineups & Team News

Stay ahead of the game by checking the QPR vs Norwich team news before betting. We’ll deliver both predicted and confirmed lineups for the Championship as well as the latest injury reports.

QPR Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Norwich Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

QPR Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

1 Paul Nardi
27 Amadou Salif Mbengue 3 Jimmy Dunne 5 Steve Cook 18 R. Norrington-Davies
7 Karamoko Dembele 24 Nicolas Madsen 15 Isaac Hayden 11 Paul Smyth
22 Richard Kone 16 Rumarn Burrell
1 Vladan Kovacevic
35 Kellen Fisher 15 Ruairi McConville 33 Jose Cordoba 14 Benjamin Chrisene
23 Kenny McLean 7 Pelle Mattsson
10 Matej Jurasek 16 Jacob Wright 29 Oscar Schwartau
9 Joshua Sargent

Norwich Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

QPR Substitutes

  • 4Liam Morrison
  • 8Sam Field
  • 14Koki Saito
  • 17Kwame Poku
  • 20Harvey Vale
  • 21Kieran Morgan
  • 26Rayan Kolli
  • 29Ben Hamer
  • 40Jonathan Varane

Norwich Substitutes

  • 3Jack Stacey
  • 6Harry Darling
  • 11Emiliano Marcondes
  • 20Anis Ben Slimane
  • 24Jovon Makama
  • 30Mathias Kvistgaarden
  • 32Daniel Grimshaw
  • 42Tony Springett
  • 47Lucien Mahovo

Previous QPR Lineups

29 Dec Championship
West Brom 2-1 QPR
26 Dec Championship
Portsmouth 1-1 QPR
20 Dec Championship
QPR 4-1 Leicester
13 Dec Championship
Middlesbrough 3-1 QPR
09 Dec Championship
QPR 2-1 Birmingham
06 Dec Championship
QPR 3-1 West Brom

Previous Norwich Lineups

29 Dec Championship
Norwich 0-1 Watford
26 Dec Championship
Norwich 1-0 Charlton
20 Dec Championship
Preston 1-1 Norwich
13 Dec Championship
Norwich 2-1 Southampton
09 Dec Championship
Sheffield Utd 1-1 Norwich
06 Dec Championship
Watford 3-2 Norwich

Injuries & Suspensions

QPR Injury Table
Type Name Info
Ilias Chair Muscle
Murphy Cooper Groin
Ziyad Larkeche Cruciate ligame
Norwich Injury Table
Type Name Info
Benjamin Chrisene Muscle
Oscar Schwartau Muscle
Shane Duffy Muscle
Jeffrey Schlupp Hamstring
Mirko Topic Cruciate ligame
Ante Crnac Cruciate ligame
Gabriel Forsyth Knee
Team Squads

QPR Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Julien Stephan

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Nicolas Madsen 24 M 24 1971 22 2 2 3 1 0
Jimmy Dunne 3 D 22 1951 22 0 3 3 3 0
Rumarn Burrell 98 F 24 1735 19 5 9 3 3 0
Amadou Salif Mbengue 27 D 22 1684 19 3 1 0 8 0
Richard Kone 22 F 22 1594 18 5 5 1 2 0

Norwich Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Philippe Clement

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Vladan Kovacevic 1 G 24 2160 24 0 0 0 2 0
Harry Darling 6 D 23 2070 23 0 1 0 6 0
Joshua Sargent 9 F 21 1786 21 0 6 3 0 0
Kenny McLean 23 M 21 1735 20 1 0 1 3 0
Kellen Fisher 35 D 21 1579 17 7 0 0 6 0
England FlagChampionship Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Coventry 39 24 8 7 81:40 80
2 Middlesbrough 39 20 11 8 59:37 71
3 Ipswich 38 19 12 7 67:39 69
4 Millwall 39 20 9 10 53:44 69
5 Hull 39 20 6 13 62:57 66
6 Southampton 39 17 12 10 63:48 63
7 Wrexham 39 17 12 10 60:51 63
8 Derby 39 17 9 13 56:48 60
9 Watford 39 14 14 11 50:46 56
10 Norwich 39 16 6 17 52:46 54
11 Birmingham 39 14 11 14 48:49 53
12 QPR 39 15 8 16 55:61 53
13 Preston 39 13 13 13 45:49 52
14 Swansea 39 15 7 17 44:49 52
15 Stoke 39 14 9 16 46:43 51
16 Bristol City 39 14 9 16 49:50 51
17 Sheffield Utd 39 15 5 19 54:54 50
18 Charlton 39 12 12 15 36:46 48
19 Blackburn 39 11 10 18 36:49 43
20 West Brom 39 11 10 18 40:54 43
21 Portsmouth 38 10 10 18 37:54 40
22 Leicester 39 11 12 16 51:60 39
23 Oxford 39 9 12 18 36:51 39
24 Sheffield Wed 39 1 9 29 24:79 -6
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Coventry 19 14 3 2 40:15 45
2 Ipswich 20 12 7 1 36:14 43
3 Southampton 19 10 6 3 29:14 36
4 Middlesbrough 19 10 6 3 27:14 36
5 Watford 20 10 6 4 29:20 36
6 Millwall 20 11 3 6 28:23 36
7 Birmingham 19 9 8 2 33:19 35
8 Swansea 20 10 5 5 28:22 35
9 Wrexham 20 9 6 5 36:30 33
10 Hull 20 10 3 7 32:32 33
11 Derby 20 8 6 6 27:25 30
12 Preston 20 8 6 6 26:24 30
13 Stoke 19 8 5 6 29:21 29
14 QPR 19 9 2 8 35:31 29
15 West Brom 19 7 7 5 23:23 28
16 Charlton 19 8 4 7 18:19 28
17 Sheffield Utd 19 8 3 8 30:23 27
18 Bristol City 20 7 4 9 28:27 25
19 Norwich 19 8 1 10 23:23 25
20 Leicester 19 7 4 8 26:28 25
21 Portsmouth 19 6 4 9 19:20 22
22 Oxford 19 5 7 7 17:24 22
23 Blackburn 20 4 7 9 18:25 19
24 Sheffield Wed 20 0 5 15 10:41 5