With this game being played on Sunday (16:30 GMT), Middlesbrough could find themselves outside the Championship’s automatic promotion places if Ipswich beat Leicester on Saturday.
QPR’s only two wins in their past six league games have come against leaders Coventry and fifth-placed Hull City.
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QPR have lost their past four league games against Middlesbrough but have never lost five in a row against Boro.
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Middlesbrough have won on their past two league visits, having won just three of their first 26 visits beforehand between 1966 and 2022.
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Since Christmas, only Sheffield Wednesday (0), West Brom (1) and Leicester (2) have won fewer Championship matches than QPR (3), who have lost their past two by an aggregate score of 7-0.
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Middlesbrough have won nine away league games this season and are looking to reach double figures in a season for the ninth time – five of the previous eight have come this century (2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2023-24).
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Middlesbrough defender Matt Targett scored twice in the first half of their 3-1 win over Birmingham on Monday, equalling his goals tally in his previous 74 league games combined.
[BBC]
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