City will be hoping to overcome their "crisis of confidence" when they travel to Loftus Road to take on QPR on Saturday. In all competitions, the champions have notched just seven victories so far this season. QPR, meanwhile, built on their promising display in defeat to Liverpool by recording only their second win of the season against Aston Villa, and in thier last match only a disputed Eden Hazard penalty prevented them ending Chelsea's 100 per cent home record.

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For City David Silva and Aleksandar Kolarov are certain to miss out through knee and calf injuries respectively, while Lampard should be available despite a thigh concern. Nasri is pushing for a first start since returning from a groin issue.

QPR will be without Rio Ferdinand, Nedum Onuoha, Alex McCarthy and Adel Taarabt in addition to long term absentees Jermaine Jenas and Alejandro Faurlin.

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QPR have conceded the most goals in the Premier League with 20; City have conceded only 10. QPR have also scored the second fewest goals in the league (9).

Sergio Aguero has scored 11 goals in his last 12 Premier League appearances.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the bottom half of the table, Man City have won 13, drawn 3 and lost 4 of these matches.

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