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6.3.2018
Loftus Road
7:45pm kick off
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Strangely, I could only find one previous meeting and it went a bit like this;
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QUEENS Park Rangers take on play-off hopefuls Derby County at Loftus Road under the lights tomorrow evening.
The R’s will be looking to fair much better than we did last time out when we were well
beaten 5-2 by Nottingham Forest.
Despite being in the play-off positions Derby are going through a slightly sketchy period having won just one of their last eight matches. Before this run started they had conceded just three goals in 14 matches but have shipped ten in the last five including two on the weekend in a defeat to Fulham.
The Rams still find themselves in a very healthy position but in previous years have squandered good opportunities to at least make the play-offs so they won’t want history repeating itself in terms of the way the season ends.
Having spent a good number of years in the Premier League previously, Derby will feel they are a team that belongs in the top flight. The infrastructure of the club and the quality of players they have usually makes them a good candidate for promotion but they have fallen short in recent years.
They have shown great consistency both home and away this season with only three teams picking up more points than them on the road.
Their team is full of experienced players - Curtis Davies, Tom Huddlestone, Scott Carson and Andreas Weimann have all racked up a good number of appearances in the Premier League. However, their key man is perhaps Matej Vydra who has scored 18 goals this season and was on the score-sheet when the two sides met back in November.
That game ended in a disappointing 2-0 defeat for QPR who simply did not turn up on the night. In fact, we have struggled in recent games against Derby although we did win the most important match between the two clubs when defeating them in the play-off final back in 2014 thanks to Bobby Zamora’s late winner.
Before an unexpected 5-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest it’s worth remembering that QPR had won three of our last four home games - keeping two clean sheets in the process.
Ollie’s side are 16th in the table but will be hoping to increase the nine points that separate us and the teams in the relegation zone.
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