Friday evening, from 20:00 pm, QPR and Sheffield Wednesday will be competing in the England Cup, on Loftus Road, in the England Cup. QPR is in an encouraging form and comes after a big win with Leeds United (1-0), the main favorite in promotion to the Premier League.
QPR has three successes at home, after 6-1 with Cardiff, 5-1 with Swansea and 1-0 with Leeds, the only failure last month being recorded at Brentford (1-3). On the other hand, the “owls” do not look great in the second league, after 1-2 with Cardiff, 0-1 with Hull and 0-5 with Blackburn, in the last championship stage. So the form is on the hosts side. In the second league, QPR is 14th (goalscoring 46-51), and Sheffield is 10th (goalscoring 39-31).
The only real problem with the result is: which players will use the two managers? Obviously, a duel with the Premier League borderers is a good temptation, but the chances of one of the second league teams winning the trophy are very small. As a result, Mark Warburton (QPR) and Gary Monk (Sheffield Wed.) may not focus too much on the FA Cup. Looking at the two lots, we see that Londoners have a consistent advantage.
Sheffield still lives from the individual achievements of Rhodes, Nuhiu, Reach or Bannan, but the collective game of white-blue leaves it to be desired, especially in the defensive compartment. Instead, QPR has players of certain value, such as Wells, Wallace, Hall, Cameron or Pugh, who are announced on Friday, on the team’s official website. QPR has won the last four straight duels with Wednesday, 4-2, 3-0 and twice with 2-1, so it is normal to bet on a good result of the favorites!
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,64
