Queens Park Rangers vs Portsmouth Prediction: Hosts are winless in last five

Queens Park Rangers vs Portsmouth in English Championship, Game Week 10. Of the last five matches played at home, Queens Park Rangers have not managed to win one. Who will emerge victorious at the end of the normal 90 minutes?

QPR are in a very tight spot in the Championship table, having registered only one win, four draws, and four defeats after nine matches in the league. Since their solitary victory against Luton Town at the end of August, the team did not collect a single point in their last five games. QPR lost three games in a row, with two defeats in a row, beating Sheffield Wednesday and drawing against Millwall on successive weekends, but losing against Blackburn Rovers and Hull City, after which the last game was a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Derby County, which sent them to 22nd place, exactly one point above the relegation zone. With 16 goals conceded so far, QPR's defense has been one of the worst in the league and they do need to step it up. After two points collected from home games, QPR might consider the game against winless Portsmouth as a way to get the first home win in the season.

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Portsmouth are at the 23rd position in the Championship and two points behind QPR. They have drawn five and lost four of their nine matches played so far. The most disappointing performance was against Stoke City when they went away and were badly beaten by 6-1. After losing to Stoke City, they ensured that the Oxford United match at Fratton Park did not go in the same way, hence managing a 1-1 draw against them.

Mark O'Mahony gave the Portsmouth the first lead in the 58th minute when scoring in a Brighton & Hove Albion loan. Oxford's Louie Sibley then balanced the chances so that Portsmouth failed to make their first win in the season. Portsmouth has been weak at the back having given off 20 goals in nine games while scoring nine and among the lowest scorers in the Championship alongside QPR.

Having suffered a torrid season so far, Portsmouth might find some solace in the previous win on their travels to Loftus Road, which happened on August 2019. They won the game 2-0 with two goals from the second half coming as part of the EFL Cup tie.

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QPR and Portsmouth are almost identical in the table with just two points difference. In a way, considering both the teams haven't done well lately and need matches at Loftus Road to make that restored confidence shine through, it should be a game where both teams cancel each other out.