English League Championship

Middlesbrough

3rd · 4-3-1 · 15 pts · +4
YES!
Middlesbrough beat Queens Park Rangers
Middlesbrough3-1-1 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers3-1-1
FT · Sat, Sep 5

Match Details

MATRADE Loftus Road (London) · 17,007 fans · Paramount+

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1.
  • 90'+7'Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1.
  • 90'+6'Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6'Myles Peart-Harris (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+6'Foul by Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 90'+4'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
  • 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 89'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Luke Ayling.
  • 88'Foul by Rokas Pukstas (Middlesbrough).
  • 88'Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87'Attempt missed. Tariq Lamptey (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
  • 86'Foul by Rokas Pukstas (Middlesbrough).

Line Score

12T
MID 10 1
QPR 00 0

Match Leaders

Middlesbrough
Queens Park Rangers

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Swansea 8 5 2 1 +7 17
2 West Ham 8 4 3 1 +11 15
3 Boro 8 4 3 1 +4 15
4 Wolves 7 4 2 1 +5 14
5 West Brom 8 4 2 2 +2 14
6 QPR 8 3 4 1 +3 13
7 Stoke 8 4 1 3 +1 13
8 Bristol City 8 4 1 3 -1 13
9 Charlton 8 3 3 2 -3 12
10 Birmingham 8 2 5 1 +1 11
11 Millwall 8 3 2 3 0 11
12 Lincoln City 8 3 2 3 -1 11
13 Southampton 8 4 2 2 +9 10
14 Wrexham 8 2 4 2 -3 10
15 Bolton 8 3 1 4 -4 10
16 Blackburn 8 2 3 3 0 9
17 Norwich City 8 3 0 5 -1 9
18 Sheffield Utd 8 2 3 3 -2 9
19 Portsmouth 7 2 2 3 -1 8
20 Watford 8 2 2 4 -3 8
21 Cardiff 8 1 4 3 -2 7
22 Derby 8 1 2 5 -7 5
23 Preston 8 1 1 6 -7 4
24 Burnley 8 0 4 4 -8 4
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Key Events

90'+6'Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Rokas Pukstas replaces Sebastian Berhalter because of an injury.
76'Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Luke Ayling replaces Ashley Phillips.
71'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Alfie Jones replaces Max Arfsten.
67'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Glen Kamara replaces Jake Clarke-Salter.
67'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Nicolas Madsen replaces Kwame Poku.
67'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Tariq Lamptey replaces Dennis Cirkin.
58'Adilson Malanda (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Myles Peart-Harris replaces Will Lankshear.
55'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Tommy Conway replaces Riley McGree.
39'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Rumarn Burrell replaces Richard Kone because of an injury.
20'Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
14'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Koki Saito replaces Ilias Chair because of an injury.

Team Stats

MiddlesbroughQueens Park Rangers
General
48.4 Possession % 51.6
16 Shots 16
6 On Target 5
1 Offsides 1
3 Corners 12
8 Fouls 3
Passing & Defense
380 Passes Completed 381
6 Crosses Won 5
8 Tackles Won 6
6 Interceptions 5
42 Clearances 21
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
5 Saves 5

Recent Form

Queens Park Rangers L W D W W
Middlesbrough W L W W D

Starting Lineups

Queens Park Rangers4-4-2
1 Charles
27 Mbengue 3 Dunne 6 Clark-Salter 19 Cirkin
17 Poku 20 Vale 5 Edwards 11 Smyth
22 Kone 10 Chair
8 McGree
7 Lankshear 20' 22 Joseph
17 Arfsten 10 Morris 6 Berhalter 2 Brittain A
30 Borges 29 Malanda 4 Phillips
1 Vítek
Middlesbrough3-4-2-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Queens Park Rangers

  1. PC #1 Pierce CharlesG
  2. JC #6 Jake Clark-SalterCD-L
  3. JD #3 Jimmy DunneCD-R
  4. DC #19 Dennis CirkinLB
  5. AS #27 Amadou Salif MbengueRB
  6. RE #5 Ronnie EdwardsCM-L
  7. HV #20 Harvey ValeCM-R
  8. PS #11 Paul SmythLM
  9. KP #17 Kwame PokuRM
  10. IC #10 Ilias ChairCF-L
  11. RK #22 Richard KoneCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Middlesbrough

  1. RV #1 Radek VítekG
  2. #29 Adilson MalandaCD
  3. NB #30 Neto BorgesCD-L
  4. AP #4 Ashley PhillipsCD-R
  5. #10 Aidan MorrisCM-L
  6. #6 Sebastian BerhalterCM-R
  7. MA #17 Max ArfstenLM
  8. CB #2 Callum BrittainRM
  9. WL #7 Will LankshearF20'
  10. RM #8 Riley McGreeCF-L
  11. KJ #22 Kyle JosephCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Roster

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