2 QPR

1 WAT

QPR 2

1 WAT

QPR
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Watford

Championship, Round 40
Friday, April 3, 2026 3:00 PM
MATRADE Loftus Road

Result

2-1

Match Recap

Rayan Kolli 26'

Paul Smyth 63'

I. Louza 85'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

K. Poku

Yellow Card

90+1'

I. Louza

Yellow Card

Amadou Salif Mbengue

Yellow Card

87'

85'

I. Louza

Goal

85'

Vivaldo

Saba Goglichidze

Richard Kone

Yellow Card

84'

K. Poku

Harvey Vale

79'

73'

K. Baah

G. Chakvetadze

Koki Saito

Paul Smyth

72'

Paul Smyth

Goal

63'

62'

Saba Goglichidze

Yellow Card

Paul Smyth

Yellow Card

61'

57'

Amin Nabizada

Edoardo Bove

57'

Mamadou Doumbia

Nestory Irankunda

57'

N. Mendy

Pierre Ekwah

49'

Pierre Ekwah

Yellow Card

Daniel Bennie

Rayan Kolli

46'

First Half 1 - 0

Jimmy Dunne

Yellow Card

30'

Rayan Kolli

Yellow Card

29'

Rayan Kolli

Paul Smyth

26'

23'

Edoardo Bove

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

47%

53%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

2.40

0.34

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 40
Date	April 3, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	MATRADE Loftus Road
Result	2 - 1

Lineups

QPR

13. J. Walsh Joe Walsh

27. A. S. Mbengue Amadou Salif Mbengue

3. J. Dunne Jimmy Dunne

37. R. Edwards Ronnie Edwards

18. R. Norrington-Davies R. Norrington-Davies

20. H. Vale Harvey Vale

21. K. Morgan Kieran Morgan

40. J. Varane J. Varane

11. P. Smyth Paul Smyth

22. R. Kone Richard Kone

26. R. Kolli Rayan Kolli

10. I. Louza I. Louza

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

8. G. Chakvetadze G. Chakvetadze

17. P. Ekwah Pierre Ekwah

15. E. Bove Edoardo Bove

66. N. Irankunda Nestory Irankunda

29. J. Petris Jeremy Petris

3. S. Goglichidze Saba Goglichidze

6. M. Pollock M. Pollock

4. K. K. Biakolo Kévin Keben Biakolo

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

Watford

Substitutes

QPR

Watford

Unused Players

QPR

Watford

Form before the match

QPR

Watford

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

August 16, 2025

Watford

QPR

Championship 2024/25

January 1, 2025

QPR

Watford

November 30, 2024

Watford

QPR

Championship 2023/24

January 14, 2024

QPR

Watford

August 5, 2023

Watford

QPR

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	45	27	11	7	93	45	48	92
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	30	80
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	24	76
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	4	70

7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3

Updated April 3, 2026 4:58 PM