QPR vs Burnley prediction, team news and preview

QPR vs Burnley: what the match decides

QPR host Burnley at Loftus Road on Tuesday 3 November 2026 in round 14 of the Championship. The hosts are ninth on 20 points from 13 games (five wins, five draws, three defeats) with a goal difference of +5. Middlesbrough lead the table on 28 points, eight clear of QPR.

Burnley are 22nd on 9 points, with one win, six draws and six defeats, 17 goals scored, 25 conceded and a goal difference of -8. They sit in the relegation zone, 11 points behind QPR. The match decides whether the hosts keep building a top-half push or Burnley find a result to start closing that gap.

QPR and Burnley recent form

QPR's last five league games read draw, win, loss, win, loss: two wins, one draw and two defeats, with 11 goals scored (2.2 per game) and 9 conceded (1.8). They kept one clean sheet and failed to score once. The split between home and away is stark. At Loftus Road they beat Derby 4-1 and Swansea 5-0, scoring 9 and conceding 1, while their away games brought 1-1 at West Ham, 0-3 at Birmingham and 1-4 at Southampton.

Burnley's last five run win, draw, loss, loss, draw: one win, two draws and two defeats, with 8 scored and 8 conceded (1.6 per game each). They kept two clean sheets, including a 0-0 home draw with Portsmouth on 31 October. On their two away games in that run they won 4-0 at Watford and lost 1-4 at Lincoln, scoring 5 and conceding 4. That is a volatile profile.

QPR vs Burnley team news

QPR have four players out in our data: N. Madsen (injury), A. S. Mbengue (knee injury), and R. Burrell and T. Lamptey, both listed as inactive. No doubtful players are reported for the hosts.

Burnley's list is much longer. Z. Amdouni (ankle), J. Beyer (hamstring), B. Humphreys (muscle) and H. Mejbri (hamstring) are out through injury, as is J. Bruun Larsen. B. Amos, M. Obafemi, S. Sambo and M. Tresor Ndayishimiye are listed as inactive. A. Broja is doubtful with an injury.

That is nine players out and one doubtful for the visitors, which limits their options in attack and in defence. No line-ups are published yet; they are confirmed about an hour before kick-off.

Storylines for QPR and Burnley

QPR arrive with a mixed run but a clear home identity. Two heavy home wins in October sit beside two heavy away defeats, the latest 1-4 at Southampton on 31 October. Returning to Loftus Road is the obvious way to steady things.

Burnley's season is defined by draws and a lack of wins. Six draws in 13 games keep them in touch on paper, but nine points is the lowest total among the two sides by a wide margin. Their 4-0 win at Watford shows the ceiling, while the 1-4 loss at Lincoln shows how quickly it can break down.

Where QPR vs Burnley could be decided

The central contrast is QPR's home attack against Burnley's defence. QPR have averaged 4.5 goals per home game in their last two there, while Burnley have conceded 25 in 13 league games, close to two per match. Even allowing for a small sample, that favours the hosts.

Burnley's route is through the game's openness. Their away games have produced 2.5 goals scored and 2.0 conceded per game in the last two, and over 2.5 goals landed in four of each side's last five matches. QPR's own defending away from home is the weakness, so a quick Burnley goal would test the hosts' patience, but the visitors' injury list makes sustained pressure harder.

QPR vs Burnley head-to-head

The last six league meetings, all in the Championship, have produced 12 goals, an average of 2.0 per game. Burnley won three of them, QPR one and two ended 0-0. Only one of the six saw both teams score.

The most recent meeting was heavily one-sided: Burnley won 5-0 at Loftus Road on 26 April 2025. QPR's only win in the run was a 2-1 victory at Burnley on 22 April 2023. They have scored in just one of the six games, which is a pattern the hosts will want to break.

QPR vs Burnley prediction

Our lean is a QPR home win. The home scoring record, Burnley's 25 goals conceded and their nine absentees point that way, and the 11-point gap in the table supports it. The head-to-head history is the main counterweight, as QPR have not beaten Burnley in their last four home and away meetings.

On goals, the lean is towards three or more, given the recent scoring trends of both sides. A Burnley draw remains a live outcome given their six stalemates this season, and an early goal for either side would change the shape of the match. This is a lean, not a certainty.

MATCH PULSE's three AI engines (GPT, Claude and Gemini) publish their independent analysis of the match before kick-off.

How to watch QPR vs Burnley

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