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EFL Championship - English Second Tier logoEFL Championship - English Second TierMatchday 8

QPR vs Preston 2-2

QPR crestQPR

2-2

FT

Preston crestPreston
  • Kwame Poku66'
  • Paul Smyth90'
  • Johnny Kenny1'
  • Johnny Kenny26'
Kick-off
Sat, 19 Sept 2026 · 14:00 (UTC)
Venue
Loftus Road, London
Referee
Thomas Parsons

Match timeline

  1. 90’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonHarry Clarke
  2. 90’Goal!QPR crestQPRPaul Smyth2 – 2
  3. 89’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonPol Valentin ONAndrija Vukčević OFF
  4. 89’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonOdeluga Offiah ONStanley Mills OFF
  5. 82’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRAlfie Lloyd ONRumarn Burrell OFF
  6. 67’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonLiam Gibbs ONLeo Leroy OFF
  7. 67’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJusef Erabi ONJohnny Kenny OFF
  8. 66’Goal!QPR crestQPRKwame Poku1 – 2
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  1. 65’Yellow cardQPR crestQPRJulien Stéphan
  2. 65’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRPaul Smyth ONAmadou Salif Mbengue OFF
  3. 55’Yellow cardQPR crestQPRKoki Saito
  4. 45’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRKoki Saito ONLeon Scarlett OFF
  5. 26’Goal!Preston crestPrestonJohnny Kenny0 – 2
  6. 24’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonAndrew Hughes
  7. 22’Yellow cardQPR crestQPRLeon Scarlett
  8. 19’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRKealey Adamson ONJonathan Varane OFF
  9. 15’Red cardQPR crestQPRDennis Cirkin
  10. 1’Goal!Preston crestPrestonJohnny KennyAssist: Stanley Mills0 – 1
  11. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

QPR crestQPRPrestonPreston crest
  • 60%Possession40%
  • 30Shots13
  • 6Shots on Target3
  • 10Corners3
  • 7Fouls13
  • 3Offsides0
  • 1Saves4
  • 469Passes317
  • 2Yellow Cards2
  • 1Red Cards0

Lineups

Confirmed selections

QPR crestQPR4 - 4 - 2

  1. 1Charles
  2. 27Mbengue
  3. 3Dunne
  4. 5Edwards
  5. 19Cirkin
  6. 20Vale
  7. 24Madsen
  8. 18Kamara
  9. 17Poku
  10. 33Scarlett
  11. 16Burrell

Substitutions

  1. 19’↑2 K. Adamson↓40 J. Varane
  2. 45’↑14 K. Saito↓33 Leon Scarlett
  3. 65’↑11 P. Smyth↓27 A. Mbengue
  4. 82’↑15 A. Lloyd↓16 R. Burrell

Unused substitutes 23 I. Alemayehu, 6 J. Clarke-Salter, 4 L. Morrison, 40 J. Varane, 13 C. Ward

Coach Julien Stéphan

Preston crestPreston5 - 3 - 2

  1. 1Iversen
  2. 17Mills
  3. 4Clarke
  4. 14Storey
  5. 16Hughes
  6. 3Vukčević
  7. 27Leroy
  8. 15Thompson
  9. 7Devine
  10. 10Lang
  11. 38Kenny

Substitutions

  1. 67’↑20 L. Gibbs↓27 L. Leroy
  2. 67’↑9 J. Erabi↓38 J. Kenny
  3. 89’↑2 Pol Valentín↓3 A. Vukčević
  4. 89’↑24 O. Offiah↓17 S. Mills

Unused substitutes 6 L. Lindsay, 23 A. Moran, 21 L. Nicholls, 11 T. Small, 37 D. Burgzorg

Coach P. Heckingbottom

Match facts

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 8
Date
Sat, 19 Sept 2026
Kick-off
14:00 (UTC)
Venue
Loftus Road, London
Referee
Thomas Parsons
QPR coach
Julien Stéphan
Preston coach
P. Heckingbottom

League table

EFL Championship - English Second Tier

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#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Swansea crestSwansea11722+823
2West Ham crestWest Ham11641+1822
3Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough11641+622
4Birmingham crestBirmingham11551+920
5West Brom crestWest Brom11623+320
9QPR crestQPR11452+317
24Preston crestPreston11119-154

Recent form

Last 5 matches, all competitions

QPR crest

QPR

  1. W
  2. W
  3. L
  4. D
  5. D
Preston crest

Preston

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L

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Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

QPR crestQPR
W-D-L
2-2-1
Scored / match
1.0
Conceded / match
0.8
Preston crestPreston
W-D-L
1-0-4
Scored / match
0.8
Conceded / match
1.6

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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

QPR and Preston drew 2-2 in matchday 8 of the EFL Championship - English Second Tier at Loftus Road, London.

Kwame Poku 66' and Paul Smyth 90' scored for QPR, Johnny Kenny 1', 26' for Preston.

QPR had 60% of the ball to Preston's 40%; the sides had 30 and 13 shots (6 and 3 on target).

There was one sending-off: Dennis Cirkin 15'.

Match record

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 8
Kick-off
Venue
Loftus Road, London
Referee
Thomas Parsons
Match ID
cornerflick:match:qpr-vs-preston-championship-2026-09-19

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18 events

  1. 1’Goal!Preston crestPrestonJohnny KennyAssist: Stanley Mills0 – 1
  2. 15’Red cardQPR crestQPRDennis Cirkin
  3. 19’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRKealey Adamson ONJonathan Varane OFF
  4. 22’Yellow cardQPR crestQPRLeon Scarlett
  5. 24’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonAndrew Hughes
  6. 26’Goal!Preston crestPrestonJohnny Kenny0 – 2
  7. 45’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRKoki Saito ONLeon Scarlett OFF
  8. 55’Yellow cardQPR crestQPRKoki Saito
  9. 65’Yellow cardQPR crestQPRJulien Stéphan
  10. 65’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRPaul Smyth ONAmadou Salif Mbengue OFF
  11. 66’Goal!QPR crestQPRKwame Poku1 – 2
  12. 67’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonLiam Gibbs ONLeo Leroy OFF
  13. 67’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJusef Erabi ONJohnny Kenny OFF
  14. 82’SubstitutionQPR crestQPRAlfie Lloyd ONRumarn Burrell OFF
  15. 89’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonPol Valentin ONAndrija Vukčević OFF
  16. 89’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonOdeluga Offiah ONStanley Mills OFF
  17. 90’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonHarry Clarke
  18. 90’Goal!QPR crestQPRPaul Smyth2 – 2