English League Championship

Queens Park Rangers vs Portsmouth, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Queens Park Rangers
  • 7': Paul Smyth
  • 24': Rayan Kolli
  • 29': Paul Smyth
  • 55': Rayan Kolli
  • 86': Richard Kone (P)
  • 87': Richard Kone
FT
6 - 1
Portsmouth
  • 38': John Swift

About

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': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 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.
  • 10': Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Foul by Kieran Morgan (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 18': Foul by Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 18': Jacob Brown (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Attempt saved. John Swift (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 19': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Amadou Mbengue.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Millenic Alli (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John Swift following a corner.
  • 22': Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 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.
  • 27': Attempt missed. John Swift (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ebou Adams.
  • 27': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
  • 27': Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Ebou Adams (Portsmouth).
  • 27': Isaac Hayden (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 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.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Millenic Alli with a cross.
  • 36': Foul by Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth).
  • 36': Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 38': Jacob Brown (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 38': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 3, Portsmouth 1. John Swift (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 40': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Ronnie Edwards.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Swift.
  • 41': Handball by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
  • 42': Foul by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth).
  • 42': Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 45': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 45'+2': Foul by Millenic Alli (Portsmouth).
  • 45'+2': Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Handball by Millenic Alli (Portsmouth).
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 3, Portsmouth 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Queens Park Rangers 3, Portsmouth 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop replaces Adrian Segecic.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Jacob Brown (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Conor Shaughnessy.
  • 50': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Jonathan Varane replaces Isaac Hayden because of an injury.
  • 52': Foul by Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 52': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Harvey Vale.
  • 54': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Foul by Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 54': Offside, Portsmouth. Regan Poole is caught offside.
  • 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.
  • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 60': Substitution, Portsmouth. Zak Swanson replaces Conor Shaughnessy.
  • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 60': Substitution, Portsmouth. Gustavo Caballero replaces Jacob Brown.
  • 60': Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces John Swift.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Millenic Alli with a cross.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Rhys Norrington-Davies.
  • 63': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jonathan Varane.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gustavo Caballero.
  • 64': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ebou Adams.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Regan Poole (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Colby Bishop following a corner.
  • 66': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kwame Poku replaces Paul Smyth.
  • 66': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Jake Clarke-Salter replaces Amadou Mbengue.
  • 67': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conor Chaplin with a cross following a corner.
  • 68': Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 68': Foul by Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 69': Attempt saved. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 70': Attempt saved. Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Vale.
  • 73': Foul by Rhys Norrington-Davies (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 73': Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Rhys Norrington-Davies (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
  • 75': Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 75': Substitution, Portsmouth. Harvey Blair replaces Millenic Alli.
  • 78': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Ronnie Edwards.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Conor Chaplin with a cross.
  • 78': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
  • 78': Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Foul by Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 79': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jimmy Dunne.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Conor Chaplin with a cross following a corner.
  • 83': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Esquerdinha replaces Rayan Kolli.
  • 83': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Daniel Bennie replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Harvey Vale.
  • 84': Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Terry Devlin.
  • 85': Penalty Queens Park Rangers. Esquerdinha draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 85': Penalty conceded by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 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.
  • 89': Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 89': Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Dangerous play by Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 90'+1': Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Esquerdinha (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth).
  • 90'+2': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 90'+4': Regan Poole (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Jonathan Varane (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 90'+6': Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+7': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7': Foul by Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers).
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 6, Portsmouth 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 6, Portsmouth 1.

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
59.8 Possession 40.2
20 SHOTS 9
7 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.9
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
295 Accurate Passes 187
390 Passes 277
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
9 Accurate Crosses 1
36 Crosses 6
0.3 Cross % 0.2
57 Long Balls 53
27 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 1
8 Effective Tackles 11
12 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 5
26 Effective Clearances 53
26 Clearances 53

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

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

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 46 +52 95
2 Ipswich Town 46 +33 84
3 Millwall 46 +15 83
4 Southampton 46 +26 80
Full Standings

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
Queens Park Rangers Substitutes:
Ben Hamer, Jonathan Varane, Koki Saito, Kealey Adamson, João Henrique, Jake Clark-Salter, Steve Cook, Daniel Bennie, Kwame Poku.

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
Portsmouth Substitutes:
Jordan Williams, Colby Bishop, Harvey Blair, Luke Le Roux, Zak Swanson, Madiodio Dia, Gustavo Caballero, Josef Bursik, Conor Chaplin.

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