Week 43 brings us a match on Apr 18th where Queens Park Rangers hosts Derby County at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. 12th placed Queens Park Rangers is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Huddersfield Town. Yoann Barbet struck first for Huddersfield Town on an own goal in the 6th minute, then Luke Amos got the equalizer for Queens Park Rangers in the 43rd minute on a feed from George Thomas . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 22nd placed Derby County, recorded a 2-1 win against Fulham. Carvalho scored the first goal for Fulham in the 20th minute, then Luke Plange tied it up for Derby County in the 51st minute on a feed from Lee Buchanan Finally they completed the comback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Tosin Adarabioyo to cap off a wild match. Derby County looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Pride Park Stadium, Queens Park Rangers took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Tom Lawrence struck first for Derby County in the 10th minute, then in the 50th minute, Charlie Austin sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Christopher Willock Finally they completed the comback in the 90th minute on a goal by Andre Gray to cap off a wild match.
For Derby County, their top scorers are Ravel Morrison and Tom Lawrence, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Luke Amos has been the most effective weapon for Queens Park Rangers lately. The English midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.