FM Preview: Queens Park Rangers v Manchester United 23 Feb 2013

Last updated : 22 February 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Queens Park Rangers v Manchester United fixture

Manchester United face a trip to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 8 of the 21 previous games, with the hosts winning just 5.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Loftus Road was just last season, in December 2011, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Premier League match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 24 Nov Man. Utd. 3 - 1 Q.P.R. Premier League
2011/2012 Sun 08 Apr Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Q.P.R. Premier League
2011/2012 Sun 18 Dec Q.P.R. 0-2 Man. Utd. Premier League
2008/2009 Tue 11 Nov Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Q.P.R. League Cup
1995/1996 Sat 16 Mar Q.P.R. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. Premiership
1995/1996 Sat 30 Dec Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Q.P.R. Premiership
1994/1995 Sun 12 Mar Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Q.P.R. F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Queens Park Rangers will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Rangers have conceded a disappointing 8 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.

Manchester United's away form is none too clever either, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Red Devils, and 4 goals against.

Queens Park Rangers find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 17 points.

Manchester United are leading the way in the Barclays Premier League, with their 26 games giving them a return of 65 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Queens Park Rangers 6 1 3 2 5 9 6
Manchester United 6 5 1 0 12 4 16

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Manchester United are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Queens Park Rangers Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 7 home matches.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Manchester United Undefeated in last 8 away games.
17 games since last defeat.

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