On Sat Feb 26th, in week 35, Blackburn Rovers plays host to Queens Park Rangers in a clash of these two evenly matched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 3rd placed Blackburn Rovers is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against West Bromwich Albion. Neither West Bromwich Albion nor Blackburn Rovers could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Blackburn Rovers is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while queens Park Rangers sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Hull City. Marcus Forss scored the first goal for Hull City in the 26th minute, but Ilias Chair got the equalizer for Queens Park Rangers in the 75th minute earning Queens Park Rangers at least a draw. Queens Park Rangers should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Oct 19th, Queens Park Rangers was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ilias Chair struck first for Queens Park Rangers in the 83rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Blackburn Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and Queens Park Rangers ran away with the shutout win.
Queens Park Rangers’s most prolific scorer has been Ilias Chair. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.