LFW Match Reports - 2018/19

All our match reports from the 2018/19 season, when QPR banished their Forest and FA Cup hoodoos but collapsed after Christmas costing Steve McClaren his job as manager.

Aug 4 Preston 1 QPR 0
Aug 11 QPR 1 Sheff Utd 2 (Eze)
Aug 14 QPR 2 Peterborough 0 (Wszolek, Freeman)
Aug 18 West Brom 7 QPR 1 (Lynch)
Aug 22 QPR 0 Bristol City 3
Aug 25 QPR 1 Wigan 0 (Hemed)
Aug 28 QPR 3 Bristol Rovers 1* (Wszolek, Osayi-Samuel, Smith)
Sep 1 Birmingham 0 QPR 0
Sep 15 Bolton 1 QPR 2 (Freeman, Eze)
Sep 19 QPR 2 Millwall 0 (Luongo, Eze)
Sep 22 QPR 0 Norwich 1
Sep 25 Blackpool 2 QPR 0*
Sep 29 Swansea 3 QPR 0
Oct 2 Reading 0 QPR 1 (Leistner)
Oct 6 QPR 1 Derby 1 (Cameron)
Oct 20 Ipswich 0 QPR 2 (Gerken og, Hemed)
Oct 23 QPR 3 Sheff Wed 0 (Hemed, Freeman, Wells)
Oct 26 QPR 1 Villa 0 (Wszolek)
Nov 3 Blackburn 1 QPR 0
Nov 10 QPR 3 Brentford 2 (Luongo, Lynch, Wells)
Nov 24 Stoke 2 QPR 2 (Rangel 2)
Nov 27 Rotherham 2 QPR 2 (Wells, Freeman)
Dec 1 QPR 2 Hull 3 (Wszolek, Freeman)
Dec 8 Leeds 2 QPR 1 (Wells)
Dec 15 QPR 2 Middlesbrough 1 (Wszolek, Wells)
Dec 22 Forest 0 QPR 1 (Leistner)
Dec 26 QPR 3 Ipswich 0 (Wszolek, Lynch, Wells
Dec 29 QPR 0 Reading 0
Jan 1 Villa 2 QPR 2 (Freeman, Eze)
Jan 6 QPR 2 Leeds 1** (Oteh, Bidwell)
Jan 12 Sheff Utd 1 QPR 0
Jan 19 QPR 1 Preston 4 (Smith)
Jan 26 Portsmouth 1 QPR 1** (Wells)
Feb 2 Wigan 2 QPR 1 (Osayi-Samuel)
Feb 5 QPR 2 Portsmouth 0** (Smith, Wells)
Feb 9 QPR 3 Birmingham 4 (Smith 2, Cousins)
Feb 12 Bristol City 2 QPR 1 (Smith)
Feb 15 QPR 0 Watford 1**
Feb 19 QPR 2 West Brom 3 (Freeman, Hemed)
Feb 23 Middlesbrough 2 QPR 0
Feb 26 QPR 1 Leeds 0 (Freeman)
Mar 2 Brentford 3 QPR 0
Mar 9 QPR 0 Stoke 0
Mar 13 QPR 1 Rotherham 2 (Osayi-Samuel)
Mar 16 Hull 2 QPR 2 (Scowen, Hemed)
Mar 30 QPR 1 Bolton 2 (Wells)
Apr 6 Norwich 4 QPR 0
Apr 10 Millwall 0 QPR 0
Apr 13 QPR 4 Swansea 0 (Hemed 2, Furlong, Luongo)
Apr 19 QPR 1 Blackburn 2 (Smith)
Apr 22 Derby 2 QPR 0
Apr 27 QPR 0 Forest 1
May 5 Sheff Wed 1 QPR 2 (Scowen, Smith)
* = League Cup
** = FA Cup

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