Week 5 brings us a match on Aug 20th, where Rotherham United and Queens Park Rangers will play a match in London in a Championship match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 15th placed Queens Park Rangers, recorded a 0-1 loss against Blackpool. Josh Bowler struck first for Blackpool in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Queens Park Rangers was frustrated by Blackpool’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Blackpool ended the match with the shutout victory. Queens Park Rangers looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while 8th placed Rotherham United is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Preston North End. Neither Preston North End nor Rotherham United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Rotherham United is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, Queens Park Rangers was victorious by a score of 1 to 1. Michael Ihiekwe scored the first goal for Rotherham United in the 98th minute, then Lyndon Dykes got the equalizer for Queens Park Rangers in the 115th minute on a feed from Albert Adomah .
Both Daniel Kelly and Chiedozie Ogbene have been the hottest scorers for Rotherham United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Queens Park Rangers hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Lyndon Dykes and Jimmy Dunne, and they each have 1 goal.