Southampton vs QPR Prediction

Form in the bigger picture

Both form samples here stretch back through pre-season friendlies, cup ties and part of last season, so they need a bit of context rather than being read as a tight recent run. Southampton's 20-match sample shows 11 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, with 40 goals scored but 25 conceded, which points to an attack that can hurt teams but a defence that leaks goals too.

Southampton: 20 completed matches; QPR: 20 completed matches.

Southampton

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

40

Conceded

25

Difference

+15

QPR

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

24

Difference

+8

QPR's equivalent sample is tighter: 8 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses from 20, with 31 for and 23 against. That's a side built more around not losing than piling up goals, with draws a regular outcome.

Southampton look more likely to be involved in a high-scoring game than QPR do.

Comparative Team Statistics: Southampton vs QPR

Recent head-to-heads

The most recent meeting saw Southampton win 5-0 at home back in February 2026. Before that, QPR won 2-1 at home in November 2025. Go back further and the fixture was shared fairly evenly in 2023, while the older Premier League meetings from last decade mostly went the way of whoever had home advantage too.

So across the recorded history here, home form has tended to matter more than overall quality when these two have met.

Home advantage has been a strong factor in this specific fixture historically.

Where they sit this season

Looking just at the current Championship table, QPR are 6th with 13 points from 8 games. Southampton sit down in 13th with 10 points from the same number of matches.

That's a modest gap rather than a gulf, but it does suggest QPR have been the more consistent side in league matches specifically, even if their overall form sample above includes other competitions too.

Players to watch

Southampton's goals have leaned heavily on C. Larin, who has 7 in 8 matches this season, with F. Azaz chipping in 3 goals and 4 assists from the same number of appearances.

Southampton:

Best scorers:

C. Larin - 7

F. Azaz - 3

Best assist providers:

F. Azaz - 4

Léo Scienza - 2

Penalty cards:

F. Downes x 3

R. Manning x 3

QPR:

Penalty cards:

D. Cirkin x 1

J. Clarke-Salter x 4

On the disciplinary side, QPR's D. Cirkin has already picked up a red card this season alongside J. Clarke-Salter's four yellows, while Southampton's F. Downes and R. Manning have three bookings apiece.