Championship · Matchday 9 · London Stadium
West Ham v QPR
A London derby to open Matchday 9, and the first Championship football since 20 September. West Ham have 15 points from eight — four wins, three draws, one defeat — and have lost only once all season, at home to Charlton in August; their 22 goals and goal difference of plus eleven are both the best in the division. QPR have 13 from eight and have drawn their last three, having been beaten once, at home by Middlesbrough. They have taken eight points from four away matches and have scored more on the road than at Loftus Road.
Before kick-off: how the two teams stand
West Ham 4W 3D 1L · 15 points
| DA v Burnley | 2-2 |
| LH v Charlton | 1-2 |
| DA v Watford | 1-1 |
| WH v Wolves | 4-2 |
| WH v Derby | 3-0 |
| WA v Bolton | 3-2 |
| WH v Wrexham | 6-0 |
| DA v Millwall | 2-2 |
QPR 3W 4D 1L · 13 points
| WA v Portsmouth | 3-1 |
| DH v Bolton | 0-0 |
| WA v Blackburn | 2-1 |
| WH v Cardiff | 2-1 |
| LH v Middlesbrough | 0-1 |
| DA v Charlton | 0-0 |
| DA v West Brom | 1-1 |
| DH v Preston | 2-2 |
League matches completed before this fixture. Figures are correct as at kick-off and are not updated during the match.
QPR may be without Glen Kamara. The midfielder, on loan from Rennes, was withdrawn from the Finland squad by his club before their Nations League game against Hungary, and the Finnish federation has said it will refer the matter to Fifa; tonight falls three days after the international window closed. Asked about it in his pre-match media duties, QPR head coach Julien Stephan said:
“There is a dialogue between the club and the Finland federation. We will take a decision after that discussion.”
Kamara has featured in seven of QPR’s eight Championship games this season, three of them from the start.
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SCORE1·190+5'
90+5'fulltimeFull-time, 1-1 after a crazy ending
90+5'commentPierce Charles MOTM
90+5'score1-1
90+3'comment4 minutes were added
90+1'penalty⚪ Penalty — UNBELIEVABLE SAVE FROM PIERCE CHARLES FROM BOWEN'S PENALTY, AND THEN HE GETS A FINGERTIP ON AUSTBO'S HEADER ON THE REBOUND TO TOUCH IT ONTO THE BAR, UNBELIEVABLE DOUBLE SAVE FROM THE NORTHERN IRISHMANedited
90+2'score1-1
90+1'score1-1
90'penalty⚪ Penalty — The cross comes in and Mbengue blatantly pulls Pablo's shirt, he picks up a yellow card too
86'commentCorner — West Ham, brilliant from Bowen who cuts inside and looks to find the far corner, good save from Pierce Charles to steer it behind
80'sub🔄 A. Mbengue replaces K. Poku
79'commentCorner — QPR, won by Valeedited
74'commentCorner — West Ham, Great play from Piroe and Bowen wins a corner
72'commentShot — West Ham, Piroe fires just wide from range
70'commentBowen drives forward and takes on substitute Lamptey, he cuts inside and shoots. His shot rebounds back to him off of Edwards, and then he clinically fires home. Out of nothing, West Ham equalise!
70'score1-1
70'goal⚽ J. Bowen equalises! 1-1
68'sub🔄 Rayan Jawad Kolli and B. Kemper replaced by R. Kone and T. Lamptey
68'sub🔄 M. Solomon and D. Mukasa replaced by J. Piroe and L. Orford
66'card🟨 Yellow card for Morato after stopping the run of Poku
62'card🟨 Yellow card for Glen Kamara after reacting to the referee after a scuffle between Kolli and Kilmanedited
60'sub🔄 P. Smyth replaced by H. Vale
53'commentFree kick — West Ham, on the left in a good crossing position
HTkickoffKick-off for the second half
HTsub🔄 Pablo and E. Austbö replace T. Souček and K. Walker-Peters
HTcommentAmazing how often the "Sky Team" have stated it wasn't a penalty for QPR . It was a marginal decision but I thought it was . I wonder if they would be so outraged if the decision had gone the other way?
45+4'halftimeHalf-time, 0-1, poor half from West Ham, QPR have nullified The Hammers completely
45+1'comment3 added on
42'commentFree kick — West Ham, won on the right
39'commentShot — QPR, From West Ham's corner, K. Poku picks it up and drives forward, he plays it to Kolli who drives forward with runners either side, he chooses to cut inside and shoot. It's a decent shot but Hermansen pushed it away.
38'commentCorner — West Ham, Morato's cross is tipped behind by Charles
27'commentMorato misplaces a 2 yard pass and the ball rolls out of play, sums up West Ham so far
24'card🟨 Yellow card for B. Kemper for kicking the ball away, silly one
21'commentMaybe the poor penalty decision will wake up West Ham. No urgency or energy about them whatsoever so far
18'score0-1
18'goal⚽ N. Madsen calmly rolls the penalty home! 0-1
18'card🟨 Arne Engels booked for standing on the penalty spot
16'penalty⚪ Penalty — QPR, Soucek with a foul on Smyth. Soucek definitely got the ball, referee has had a howler, looked outside the box aswelledited
15'commentShot — West Ham, First shot of the game comes from a K. Walker-Peters cross. T. Souček touched it down and Bowen's bicycle kick attempt is wide
20:00kickoffKick-off at the London Stadium
19:54commentNo player has been involved in more Championship goals this season than West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen (4 goals, 3 assists), while he also ranks second for both shots (32) and chances created (24). He’s having a shot or creating a chance every 13 minutes, the best ratio by a player in a Championship season since Brentford’s Saïd Benrahma in 2018-19 (one every 12 minutes).
19:53commentQPR are one of only two teams unbeaten away from home in the Championship this season (W2 D2), along with West Ham. The Hoops have only managed a longer away unbeaten run from the start of a season twice this century, eventually winning promotion on both occasions: 2010-11 (first nine) and 2013-14 (first five).
19:53commentWest Ham have scored 22 Championship goals in eight games this season, more than any other side. Indeed, all three teams with this many goals after eight games since 2004-05 have gone on to win the league that season – Wolves in 2008-09 (23), QPR in 2010-11 (22) and Coventry in 2025-26 (22).
19:53commentQueens Park Rangers lost their most recent game against West Ham, a 2-1 extra-time defeat in the FA Cup third round last season at the London Stadium. The Hoops haven’t won on any of their last six visits across all competitions (D2 L4) since a 4-0 win in the Premier League in August 1993.
19:52commentWest Ham and QPR haven’t met in the league since the 2014-15 Premier League campaign; the Hammers won 2-0 at Upton Park that season, before the sides shared a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road in April.
19:52commentQPR TEAM NEWS: 5 changes from 2-2 draw against Preston. Raya Kolli makes his first start of the season and replaces Rumarn Burrell who is out the squad injured. Youngster Leon Scarlett drops to the bench and is replaced by P. Smyth. Other changes include Cirkin (suspended out after his red card), Mbengue and Vale who drop out the starting lineup and are replaced by B. Kemper, K. Adamson and J. Clarke-Salter. Obikwu and Kone return to the squad after recovering from injury. Saito has a knock and misses out, as well as Lloyd. Chair also remains out.edited
19:42commentWEST HAM TEAM NEWS: 1 change from the 2-2 draw with Millwall as T. Souček returns to the starting XI for the first time this season after an injury picked up in the World Cup. He replaces J. Piroe. A. Areola returns to the matchday squad for the first time in over a month. Lamadrid is out for this game with injury and Kante is out due to a red card he picked up against Millwall.
19:38commentQPR Bench: L. Morrison, C. Ward, H. Vale, R. Kone, Justin Patrick Nnamdi Obikwu, A. Mbengue, Leon Scarlett, J. Varane, T. Lamptey
19:37commentWest Ham Bench: J. Piroe, Pablo, A. Areola. S. Magassa, O. Scarles, J. Veltman, E. Austbö, A. Golambeckis, L. Orford
19:35commentStarting Line-ups
19:27score0-0
What the models say
Two models run on this fixture and they point the same way. The outcome model makes it 62.9% West Ham, 22.3% a draw, 14.9% QPR. The goals model expects about 1.82 goals for West Ham and 0.91 for QPR; summed across every scoreline that gives West Ham 58.8%, the draw 22.4% and QPR 18.8% — the same direction, with the goals model a little less sure of the home side.
The figure worth watching is the margin rather than the score: the goals model puts it at 60.0% to finish within one goal. Past that it declines to lean — 51.4% for over 2.5 goals and exactly even on whether both sides score. The three likeliest scores are 1-0 (12.0%), 2-0 (10.8%) and 1-1 (10.6%): roughly one chance in nine apiece, a flat pile rather than a confident call. Neither model knows who is fit.
Match Prediction
The table before kick-off
Match commentary timeline
Auto-generated from live commentary. 49 entries between kickoff and full-time.
15′ comment Shot — West Ham, First shot of the game comes from a K. Walker-Peters cross. T. Souček touched it down and Bowen’s bicycle kick attempt is wide
16′ penalty ⚪ Penalty — QPR, Soucek with a foul on Smyth. Soucek definitely got the ball, referee has had a howler, looked outside the box aswell
18′ card 🟨 Arne Engels booked for standing on the penalty spot
18′ goal ⚽ N. Madsen calmly rolls the penalty home! 0-1
18′ score 0-1
21′ comment Maybe the poor penalty decision will wake up West Ham. No urgency or energy about them whatsoever so far
24′ card 🟨 Yellow card for B. Kemper for kicking the ball away, silly one
27′ comment Morato misplaces a 2 yard pass and the ball rolls out of play, sums up West Ham so far
38′ comment Corner — West Ham, Morato’s cross is tipped behind by Charles
39′ comment Shot — QPR, From West Ham’s corner, K. Poku picks it up and drives forward, he plays it to Kolli who drives forward with runners either side, he chooses to cut inside and shoot. It’s a decent shot but Hermansen pushed it away.
42′ comment Free kick — West Ham, won on the right
HT sub 🔄 Pablo and E. Austbö replace T. Souček and K. Walker-Peters
HT kickoff Kick-off for the second half
45+1′ comment 3 added on
45+4′ halftime Half-time, 0-1, poor half from West Ham, QPR have nullified The Hammers completely
53′ comment Free kick — West Ham, on the left in a good crossing position
60′ sub 🔄 P. Smyth replaced by H. Vale
62′ card 🟨 Yellow card for Glen Kamara after reacting to the referee after a scuffle between Kolli and Kilman
66′ card 🟨 Yellow card for Morato after stopping the run of Poku
68′ sub 🔄 M. Solomon and D. Mukasa replaced by J. Piroe and L. Orford
68′ sub 🔄 Rayan Jawad Kolli and B. Kemper replaced by R. Kone and T. Lamptey
70′ goal ⚽ J. Bowen equalises! 1-1
70′ score 1-1
70′ comment Bowen drives forward and takes on substitute Lamptey, he cuts inside and shoots. His shot rebounds back to him off of Edwards, and then he clinically fires home. Out of nothing, West Ham equalise!
72′ comment Shot — West Ham, Piroe fires just wide from range
74′ comment Corner — West Ham, Great play from Piroe and Bowen wins a corner
79′ comment Corner — QPR, won by Vale
80′ sub 🔄 A. Mbengue replaces K. Poku
86′ comment Corner — West Ham, brilliant from Bowen who cuts inside and looks to find the far corner, good save from Pierce Charles to steer it behind
90′ penalty ⚪ Penalty — The cross comes in and Mbengue blatantly pulls Pablo’s shirt, he picks up a yellow card too
90+1′ score 1-1
90+1′ penalty ⚪ Penalty — UNBELIEVABLE SAVE FROM PIERCE CHARLES FROM BOWEN’S PENALTY, AND THEN HE GETS A FINGERTIP ON AUSTBO’S HEADER ON THE REBOUND TO TOUCH IT ONTO THE BAR, UNBELIEVABLE DOUBLE SAVE FROM THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN
90+2′ score 1-1
90+3′ comment 4 minutes were added
90+5′ score 1-1
90+5′ comment Pierce Charles MOTM
90+5′ fulltime Full-time, 1-1 after a crazy ending
score 0-0
comment Starting Line-ups
comment West Ham Bench: J. Piroe, Pablo, A. Areola. S. Magassa, O. Scarles, J. Veltman, E. Austbö, A. Golambeckis, L. Orford
comment QPR Bench: L. Morrison, C. Ward, H. Vale, R. Kone, Justin Patrick Nnamdi Obikwu, A. Mbengue, Leon Scarlett, J. Varane, T. Lamptey
comment WEST HAM TEAM NEWS: 1 change from the 2-2 draw with Millwall as T. Souček returns to the starting XI for the first time this season after an injury picked up in the World Cup. He replaces J. Piroe. A. Areola returns to the matchday squad for the first time in over a month. Lamadrid is out for this game with injury and Kante is out due to a red card he picked up against Millwall.
comment QPR TEAM NEWS: 5 changes from 2-2 draw against Preston. Raya Kolli makes his first start of the season and replaces Rumarn Burrell who is out the squad injured. Youngster Leon Scarlett drops to the bench and is replaced by P. Smyth. Other changes include Cirkin (suspended out after his red card), Mbengue and Vale who drop out the starting lineup and are replaced by B. Kemper, K. Adamson and J. Clarke-Salter. Obikwu and Kone return to the squad after recovering from injury. Saito has a knock and misses out, as well as Lloyd. Chair also remains out.
comment West Ham and QPR haven’t met in the league since the 2014-15 Premier League campaign; the Hammers won 2-0 at Upton Park that season, before the sides shared a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road in April.
comment Queens Park Rangers lost their most recent game against West Ham, a 2-1 extra-time defeat in the FA Cup third round last season at the London Stadium. The Hoops haven’t won on any of their last six visits across all competitions (D2 L4) since a 4-0 win in the Premier League in August 1993.
comment West Ham have scored 22 Championship goals in eight games this season, more than any other side. Indeed, all three teams with this many goals after eight games since 2004-05 have gone on to win the league that season – Wolves in 2008-09 (23), QPR in 2010-11 (22) and Coventry in 2025-26 (22).
comment QPR are one of only two teams unbeaten away from home in the Championship this season (W2 D2), along with West Ham. The Hoops have only managed a longer away unbeaten run from the start of a season twice this century, eventually winning promotion on both occasions: 2010-11 (first nine) and 2013-14 (first five).
comment No player has been involved in more Championship goals this season than West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen (4 goals, 3 assists), while he also ranks second for both shots (32) and chances created (24). He’s having a shot or creating a chance every 13 minutes, the best ratio by a player in a Championship season since Brentford’s Saïd Benrahma in 2018-19 (one every 12 minutes).
kickoff Kick-off at the London Stadium
