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	41	25	9	7	84	42	42	84
2	Ipswich	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	41	20	12	9	62	41	21	72
4	Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72
5	Hull City	41	20	8	13	63	58	5	68
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63
9	Norwich	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58
10	Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57
11	Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57
12	QPR	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57
13	Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54
14	Preston	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54
15	Swansea	41	15	9	17	49	54	-5	54
16	Birmingham	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53
17	Sheffield Utd	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51
18	Charlton	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49
19	Blackburn	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47
20	West Brom	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45
21	Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42
Relegation
22	Leicester	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41
23	Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5

Updated April 3, 2026 4:58 PM