There are 10 games in the Championship on Saturday, part of a busy weekend across the days. This game features QPR as the home side, and they welcome Norwich to Loftus Road. It's also a game that affects two of the big battles right now, the battle for relegation and the battle for the playoffs.
QPR Form GuideQPR have been in decent form recently, and they've put some points on the board, but despite that, they begin the weekend in the bottom three. The gap is closing though, they are one place from safety, and three points off Hudderfield who cling onto that place. With similar goal differences, a win for QPR and a loss for Huddersfield would be enough for those two to switch places.
QPR are three unbeaten now, with two wins and a draw in the middle of those. The draw came against Huddersfield, the team they're chasing, a last minute goal for QPR which could become very significant near the end of the season. Last weekend they won 2-1 away at Blackburn, and before the Huddersfield game, won 2-0 at home to Millwall, both of those sides are teams which are struggling right now.
Norwich Form GuideStruggling isn't how you would describe Norwich, they'll pose QPR their toughest test in some time, and are firmly in the playoff hunt Norwich begin the weekend in 9th but are just one point off 6th and the playoffs, it's tight at the top, and Norwich will have pinpointed this as a winnable game for them.
They've also been going well recently, and come here on the back of winning three of their last four league games. The loss was a 1-0 defeat away at Leeds, no shame in that. Wins have come against Coventry last week, West Brom and Hull, three sides all in the playoff race with them.
Match PredictionNorwich are my pick for the win here. They've been playing well recently, and coming up against some of the better teams in this league. While QPR have also been picking up points, they've done it against other teams who are struggling, so Norwich have the form edge, and I think they take the three points home.
