Queens Park Rangers vs Watford Prediction and Betting Tips | January 1st 2025

Queens Park Rangers and Watford are in action on New Year's Day when they square off at the Loftus Road Stadium in round 25 of the EFL Championship. The Hornets will head into this one seeking to end their run of four consecutive away games without a win and begin the new year as they mean to go on.

Queens Park Rangers were left disappointed in their final outing of 2024 as they played out a 1-1 draw with Norwich City after conceding an 89th-minute equalizer.

Before that, Marti Cifuentes’ men saw their seven-game unbeaten run come to an end on Boxing Day courtesy of a humbling 3-0 defeat at the hands of Swansea City.

QPR’s strong close to the year has seen them surge from the doldrums as they now sit 17th in the Championship table and could move level on 29 points with 13th-placed Millwall with a win on Thursday.

Watford, on the other hand, wrapped up their schedule for 2024 last Sunday when they suffered a 2-1 defeat against Cardiff City at Vicarage Road. The Hornets have lost two of their three outings to close the year, having gone unbeaten in six back-to-back matches preceding this run.

Watford have picked up 37 points from their 23 Championship games to sit seventh in the table, level on points with sixth-placed Middlesbrough.

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Queens Park Rangers vs Watford Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• This will be the 121st encounter between the two long-time rivals, with Watford claiming 35 wins from their previous 120 meetings.
• Queens Park Rangers boast a clear upper hand in this fixture, having picked up 53 wins since their first meeting in August 1920 while 32 games have ended all square.
• Watford have failed to win their last four away matches, picking up two points from a possible 12 since November’s 6-2 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
• QPR have won their most recent three home matches, having failed to win their opening seven Championship games at home to start the season.

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Queens Park Rangers vs Watford Prediction

Queens Park Rangers return to the Loftus Road Stadium, where they have won their last three matches.

While Watford are slightly superior on paper, we predict the hosts will do just enough to hold out for a share of the spoils.

Prediction: Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Watford

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Queens Park Rangers vs Watford Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Draw

Tip 2: Over 2.5 goals - Yes (There have been at least three goals scored in four of Watford’s last five games)

Tip 3: Both sides to score - Yes (Both sides have also scored in the Hornet’s last five outings)