Match Report
Before the match
four goals for and five against accompanied QPR's four draws and one defeat across five outings, a winless run. On 9 October, QPR recorded a 1-1 draw visiting West Ham.
West Ham hosted QPR (Championship) on 9 October. For QPR, the score was 1-1: one goal scored, one allowed. 2-2 was QPR's result against Preston NE on 19 September (Championship), playing at home; QPR drew, with two scored to two conceded. The 12 September fixture (Championship) paired QPR with West Brom. QPR drew 1-1 away from home, netting one goal while conceding one. Playing away from home against Charlton (Championship), QPR finished 0-0 on 9 September. Their score comprised zero goals, against zero from the opposition. 5 September: QPR lost 0-1 against Middlesbrough at home in Championship, scoring zero goals and allowing one.
QPR: 9th, 14 points, nine matches in the calculated Championship standings at kickoff.
three goals for and eight against accompanied Derby County's two draws and three defeats across five outings, a winless run. A 1-1 draw at home to Wrexham (10 October) was their most recent result.
Championship, 10 October brought a home meeting with Wrexham; Derby County drew 1-1, a return of one goal scored and one conceded. Derby County visited Burnley on 19 September (Championship) and drew 1-1; their goals totalled one, compared with one conceded. Birmingham travelled to face Derby County (Championship) on 12 September. For Derby County, the score was 1-2: one goal scored, two allowed. 0-1 was Derby County's result against West Brom on 9 September (Championship), playing at home; Derby County lost, with zero scored to one conceded. The 5 September fixture (Championship) paired Derby County with West Ham. Derby County lost 0-3 away from home, netting zero goals while conceding three.
Derby County: 23rd, six points, nine matches in the calculated Championship standings at kickoff.
Previous meetings in our records: a 3-2 away win for Derby County on 25 April and a 1-0 home win for Derby County on 25 October 2025.
After the match
QPR comfortably beat Derby County 4-1 on 14 October 2026. Alfie Lloyd opened the scoring in the 18th minute for QPR, set up by Boy Kemper, to make it 1-0. Nicolas Madsen added to the tally from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute for QPR to make it 2-0. With the 3rd goal, QPR extended the lead through Harvey Vale in the 45th minute to make it 3-0. Paul Smyth scored the 4th goal for QPR 68 minutes into the game as they extended the lead, set up by Nicolas Madsen, to make it 4-0. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen got one back in the 100th minute for Derby County to make it 1-4. David Ozoh (24'), Samuel Szmodics (44'), Carlton Morris (56'), Harvey Vale (57') and Glen Kamara (60') were booked. On our current Elo ratings the gap is a modest one: QPR are 53 points stronger than Derby County. On current ratings the model puts QPR at around 1.8 gols in this pairing; they scored 4 here. QPR are unbeaten in the latest 5 matches of their recorded form in the 2026/27 Championship. QPR picked up two yellow cards. QPR: five substitutions. The card tally for Derby County was three yellow cards. Derby County made five changes. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen scored in minute 100 following entry for Derby County in the 63rd minute.