QPR vs Lincoln Prediction

Mixed form on both sides

QPR's recent sample covers 20 matches across league, cup and some friendly fixtures, and they've won eight, drawn seven and lost five, scoring 31 and conceding 23. It's a steady return without being spectacular.

QPR: 20 completed matches; Lincoln: 20 completed matches.

QPR

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

24

Difference

+8

Lincoln

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

29

Difference

-4

Lincoln's equivalent sample shows ten wins, two draws and eight losses, with 25 scored and 29 conceded. It's more feast-or-famine, big wins mixed with heavy defeats rather than a settled middle ground.

Lincoln's pattern suggests they can score goals but also leak them, which could open the game up.

Comparative Team Statistics: QPR vs Lincoln

Where they sit after eight league games

QPR currently sit sixth with 13 points from three wins, four draws and one loss, scoring ten and conceding seven. Lincoln are down in 12th with 11 points from three wins, two draws and three losses, scoring seven and conceding eight.

Despite the four-place gap, there are only two points between them, which hints at a closer contest than the table alone implies.

Cards to watch

A few players have been picking up bookings regularly this term. Lincoln's F. Draper has four yellows in eight appearances, and team-mate C. McGrandles has three in the same number of games. For QPR, J. Clarke-Salter has four yellows in seven outings, while D. Cirkin has already been sent off once in seven games without picking up a caution first.

QPR:

Penalty cards:

D. Cirkin x 1

J. Clarke-Salter x 4

Lincoln:

Penalty cards:

F. Draper x 4

C. McGrandles x 3

None of this confirms anyone will be missing for this one, but it does suggest a bit of an edge creeping into matches for both sides lately.

How this one could play out

Put it together and neither side looks fully in control of games right now. QPR have been tidy at home without blowing teams away, while Lincoln's away form swings wildly between big wins and big losses.

If Lincoln's leakier away defence meets a QPR attack that's been reasonably productive, there could be goals in this one. QPR's run of draws also suggests they don't always turn control into victories.