The season ends at Loftus Road for City this time around and when you look back on the season, you have to admit that at times, it looked like things would end a lot worse than this.
But already Lee Johnson is looking towards next season and that makes the end of this one so important. A win at Loftus Road could be the win that will attract players to Ashton Gate in the close season as Johnson will lose players himself after Saturday.
A win for Rangers could see them finish in 12th place, so they wont be entering the field just to make up the numbers on Saturday.
A week before Christmas, goals from Aaron Wilbraham and Junior Hoilett saw the two sides draw 1-1 at Ashton Gate. Thats got to be a good bet for this game.
Vital Quotes:
Lee Johnson: On Ben Gladwin “Ben obviously has had a difficult season with injury. He`s a good player.
“He had an outstanding year last year at Swindon, a lot of people were interested in him. QPR took the plunge, but it`s been unfortunate for him this year.
“If he can get a couple of games before the end of the season – he played in the last one and hopefully he plays the next one – he can move into next season really focused.”
QPR Team News:
Winger Jamie Mackie (hamstring) remains the only absentee, with Matt Ingram, Cole Kpekawa and Michael Petrasso set to keep their places.
Player to watch: Tjaronn Chery
A midfielder who has scored ten so far this season, always handy to have.
Bristol City Team News:
Defender Aden Flint will be rested having dislocating his kneecap. According to boss Lee Johnson, ‘it popped straight back in’.
Wales defender Adam Matthews hopes to recover from a grade one hamstring tear before Euro 2016.
Player to watch: Lee Tomlin
Always useful to the side, has weighed in with six goals on his loan spell from Bournemouth. City should try and keep him.
Match Facts & Stats
The Hoops are unbeaten in 11 home league games against Bristol City (W6 D5).
The Robins’ only league win in their past nine against QPR came in August 2009, a 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from Nicky Maynard.
QPR captain Nedum Onuoha has played in every minute of this Championship campaign for the R’s (4,050 minutes).
Jonathan Kodjia has scored 19 league goals for Bristol City this season; the last Robins’ player to hit 20 in a season was Sam Baldock in 2013-14 (24).
QPR have lost more points after scoring the first goal in games than any other Championship team this season (27).
Aden Flint has scored more goals than any other Championship defender this season (six). Since the start of last term, Flint has scored 20 league goals, seven more than any other defender in the top four tiers.
(bbc sport)
Ref Watch:
Jeremy Simpson from Lancashire will be the man in the middle.
Assistants: Neil Davies (London) + Carl Brook (East Sussex)
Fourth Official: Nicholas Kinseley (Essex)
Match Prediction:
1-1
Next Fixtures:
None
