English League Championship

QPR vs Portsmouth 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

  • 7': Paul Smyth
  • 24': Rayan Kolli
  • 29': Paul Smyth
  • 55': Rayan Kolli
  • 86': Richard Kone (P)
  • 87': Richard Kone
FT
6 - 1
  • 38': John Swift

Introduction

Queens Park Rangers are hosting Portsmouth at MATRADE Loftus Road, London, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 7': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Portsmouth 0. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  • 22': Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 24': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 2, Portsmouth 0. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Smyth following a fast break.
  • 29': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 3, Portsmouth 0. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harvey Vale with a through ball.
  • 32': Isaac Hayden (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 32': Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
  • 38': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 3, Portsmouth 1. John Swift (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop replaces Adrian Segecic.
  • 45': Second Half begins Queens Park Rangers 3, Portsmouth 1.
  • 50': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Jonathan Varane replaces Isaac Hayden because of an injury.
  • 55': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 4, Portsmouth 1. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
  • 60': Substitution, Portsmouth. Zak Swanson replaces Conor Shaughnessy.
  • 60': Substitution, Portsmouth. Gustavo Caballero replaces Jacob Brown.
  • 60': Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces John Swift.
  • 66': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kwame Poku replaces Paul Smyth.
  • 66': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Jake Clarke-Salter replaces Amadou Mbengue.
  • 73': Rhys Norrington-Davies (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Portsmouth. Harvey Blair replaces Millenic Alli.
  • 83': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Esquerdinha replaces Rayan Kolli.
  • 83': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Daniel Bennie replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies.
  • 86': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 5, Portsmouth 1. Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 87': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 6, Portsmouth 1. Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harvey Vale following a fast break.
  • 90'+2': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 6, Portsmouth 1.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: MATRADE Loftus Road
Location: London, England
Attendance: 16,962

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Coventry City 39 80 7
+22 Middlesbrough 39 71 8
+28 Ipswich Town 38 69 7
+9 Millwall 39 69 10
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 15
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
9 Corner Kicks 1
2 Saves 6
59.9 Possession 40.1
20 SHOTS 9
7 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.9
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
298 Accurate Passes 187
392 Passes 277
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
10 Accurate Crosses 1
36 Crosses 6
0.3 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 52
27 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 1
7 Effective Tackles 12
12 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 3
22 Effective Clearances 53
22 Clearances 53

Line-Ups

QPR Queens Park Rangers (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Joe Walsh (GK)
37 Ronnie Edwards
3 Jimmy Dunne
18 Rhys Norrington-Davies Yellow Card
27 Amadou Salif Mbengue
15 Isaac Hayden Yellow Card
21 Kieran Morgan
11 Paul Smyth
20 Harvey Vale
26 Rayan Kolli
22 Richard Kone

POR Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Nicolas Schmid (GK)
6 Conor Shaughnessy
5 Regan Poole
3 Connor Ogilvie
24 Terry Devlin Yellow Card
38 Ebrima Adams Yellow Card
8 John Swift
7 Marlon Pack
40 Jacob Brown
27 Millenic Alli
10 Adrian Segecic

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