BBC Sports Key men missing as QPR aim to repeat Stoke City magic.  

November 21, 2024 GG Uncategorized 0

BBC Sports Key men missing as QPR aim to repeat Stoke City magic.

Stoke City’s latest news from StokeonTrentLive, as the Londoners attempt to stop a poor run of form by repeating last year’s exploits at Loftus Road.

QPR star man Ilias Chair will miss Saturday's game against Stoke City, but Jordan Thompson could return for the Potters.

QPR’s injury news is varied ahead of their encounter against Stoke City at Loftus Road this Saturday (3pm). While attacker Karamoko Dembele has been ruled out until February due to knee surgery, QPR will have Joe Walsh, Morgan Fox, and Kenneth Paal ready to play the Potters.

Despite Rangers’ 11-game losing streak, Narcis Pelach’s resurgent club is expected to win the game. In reality, the Hoops have just won once this season and are five points back at the bottom of the Championship standings.

They will also be without key men Jake Clarke-Salter and Ilias Chair at Loftus Road this weekend, while Michael Frey and Jack Colback are also likely absentees through injury.

but stoke have a reputation for often slipping up after international breaks and against struggling teams. And the knowledge that they have won just one of their last seven league games at QPR, and with both defeats in that sequence courtesy of 4-2 scorelines, Potters fans will travel to West London with a certain amount of foreboding.

One of those 4-2 losses occurred over a year ago, with Enda Stevens sent off and Ben Pearson conceding an own goal as the hosts rallied from 2-1 down in the final 12 minutes to win.

Nonetheless, the stats favor the visitors, with the Potters four points clear of the drop zone and six points off the play-offs, having lost only one of their last eight Championship games (W3 D4) following a difficult start to the season and an uncertain transition from Steve Schumacher to Pelach as head coach.

  • South Korean superstar Bae Junho is expected to deliver more impressive performances. This season, no player in the Championship has more assists, and six-goal striker Tom Cannon hopes to benefit and continue his own run. He has scored three goals in Stoke’s past five games.

    Stoke manager Pelach will be compelled to make at least one change with Wouter Berger serving a one-match suspension. Jordan Thompson is set to return to the midfield as a straight replacement.

     

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