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Stoke City vs. QPR Preview: Lineups and Predictions

By Matt Bernstein

STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: Jordan Cousins of Stoke City in action during the Sky Bet Championship match between Stoke City and Queens Park Rangers at Bet365 Stadium on August 03, 2019 in Stoke on Trent, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: Jordan Cousins of Stoke City in action during the Sky Bet Championship match between Stoke City and Queens Park Rangers at Bet365 Stadium on August 03, 2019 in Stoke on Trent, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images) /
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Stoke City vs. QPR Preview: Lineups and Predictions

Coming into Tuesday’s match against QPR the Potters will be looking to prove something. They are winless in their last two matches and were lucky to get a point against a 22nd place Derby on Saturday. Stoke have slid down to 8th place in the Championship, but are still well within reach of a playoff spot. Not only will Stoke be trying to get back in the win column, but they will also be trying prove their quality without prolific young scorer Tyrese Campbell, who will be out for the remainder of the season.

Injuries/Updates

For Stoke, Danny Batth could return to the lineup, we’ll see if he’s able to start or is on the bench, but his progress in encouraging. Tommy Smith, Sam Clucas, and John Obi Mikel are not likely to return on Tuesday. James McClean will surely be back in the lineup after his one match ban against Derby.

For QPR, Luke Amos and Charlie Owens are still injured. With QPR’s recent slide down the table it will be interesting to see if Albert Adomah gets a start.

Last 5

Stoke – D W W L D (+1 goal differential)

QPR – L L L D L (-5 goal differential)

Possible Stoke Starting 11 

Formation: 4-2-3-1:

Bursik

Collins – Chester – Souttar – Fox

Cousins – Tymon

Brown – Powell – McClean

Fletcher

Since Thompson started Saturday and is coming off a recent injury I think Tymon gets the start next to Cousins. There’s also an outside shot of Vokes coming in for Fletcher and also Batth being fit enough to replace Chester.

Possible QPR Starting 11

Formation 4-2-3-1:

Dieng; Kane, Dickie, Barbet, Hämäläinen

Carroll, Cameron

Osayi-Samuel, Chair, Adomah

Bonne

Lots of possibilities with QPR. When you go winless in 5 straight, nobody has a safe spot.

Prediction: 1-0 Stoke City 

This should be a statement game for Stoke City. A struggling QPR will be looking to make some pretty big changes to get things going the right direction. I’m predicting they won’t be enough for Stoke’s defense which has really looked great when called upon. and have clean sheets in 3 of their last 5 matches. Adding in James McClean will help bring another dangerous scoring option for Stoke. On top of this, I think Bursik continues to perform well and has another solid outing.

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