Cardiff vs QPR

12 August 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee O Langford

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ike Ugbo 78’
  • Sinclair Armstrong 34’
  • Kenneth Paal 65’

Match summary

QPR won 2-1 away at Cardiff. QPR led 1-0 at half-time.

Sinclair Armstrong put QPR ahead in the 34th minute, Kenneth Paal made it 0-2 in the 65th minute, and Ike Ugbo pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 78th minute.

Cardiff can feel hard done by, creating 2.00 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to QPR's 1.35 from 7.

Match stats

Cardiff QPR
15 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 3
13 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.00 xG 1.35
2.00 Non-penalty xG 1.35

Key events

Cardiff QPR
Kick-off
34’
Sinclair Armstrong0-1 (QPR)
Half-time0-1
65’
Kenneth Paal0-2 (QPR)
Ike Ugbo1-2 (Cardiff)
78’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff
  • Ebou Adams
  • Josh Bowler
QPR
  • Sinclair Armstrong
  • Albert Adomah

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.00 1.35 34’ Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), 0-1 34’ 65’ Kenneth Paal (QPR), 0-2 65’ 78’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), 1-2 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.00 1.35 34’ Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), 0-1 Armstrong 34’ 65’ Kenneth Paal (QPR), 0-2 Paal 65’ 78’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), 1-2 Ugbo 78’
Cardiff 2.00 xGQPR 1.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 QPR attacking Cardiff attacking 
34’ Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), open play, 0.94 xG, goal 78’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), open play, 0.89 xG, goal 65’ Kenneth Paal (QPR), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 19’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.22 xG, off target 63’ Karlan Grant (Cardiff), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 89’ Mark McGuinness (Cardiff), set piece, 0.15 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Rubin Colwill (Cardiff), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+5’ Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 62’ Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Callum Robinson (Cardiff), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+5’ Callum Robinson (Cardiff), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Ebou Adams (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Andre Dozzell (QPR), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Steve Cook (QPR), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Ryan Wintle (Cardiff), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90’ Rubin Colwill (Cardiff), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Ilias Chair (QPR), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Steve Cook (QPR), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 89’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 34’ Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), open play, 0.94 xG, goal 78’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), open play, 0.89 xG, goal 65’ Kenneth Paal (QPR), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 19’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.22 xG, off target 63’ Karlan Grant (Cardiff), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 89’ Mark McGuinness (Cardiff), set piece, 0.15 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Rubin Colwill (Cardiff), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+5’ Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 62’ Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Callum Robinson (Cardiff), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+5’ Callum Robinson (Cardiff), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Ebou Adams (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Andre Dozzell (QPR), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Steve Cook (QPR), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Ryan Wintle (Cardiff), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90’ Rubin Colwill (Cardiff), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Ilias Chair (QPR), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Steve Cook (QPR), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 89’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Jak Alnwick
90′ – – – – – – –
Perry Ng
90′ – – – – – – –
Mark McGuinness
90′ – – 1 0.15 – – –
Dimitris Goutas
90′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
Callum O'Dowda
90′ – – 1 0.12 – – –
Ryan Wintle
90′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Ebou Adams Taken off
54′ – – 1 0.03 – –
Josh Bowler Taken off
84′ – – – – – –
Aaron Ramsey Taken off
84′ – – 1 0.09 – – –
Karlan Grant Taken off
73′ – – 1 0.15 – – –
Ike Ugbo Taken off
84′ 1 – 2 1.11 – – –
Callum Robinson Came on as a substitute
36′ – – 2 0.14 – – –
Ollie Tanner Came on as a substitute
17′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Jamilu Collins Came on as a substitute
6′ – – – – – – –
Rubin Colwill Came on as a substitute
6′ – – 2 0.15 – – –
Kion Etete Came on as a substitute
6′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 50% Avg odds 1.88
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.56
QPR win 23% Avg odds 4.13

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cardiff DWLLD
QPR DWWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cardiff 0-0 QPR, 26 Dec 22 Next meeting: QPR 1-2 Cardiff, 01 Jan 24  All Cardiff vs QPR meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.