- West Bromwich won their last home H2H with QPR 2-1 in the Championship 2025/2026.
- West Bromwich are unbeaten in two Championship 2026/2027 home H2Hs.
- West Brom are 5th in the Championship 2026/2027, level on points with 3rd-placed QPR, but one place behind.
Set-piece and counterattack clash at The Hawthorns
These sides are level on ten points in the Championship 2026/2027 table after five games played, with West Brom behind QPR. A close game is expected at The Hawthorns on Saturday as the Baggies welcome the Hoops to town.
James Morrison has set West Brom up in a patient 4-4-2 system, sitting deep, suppressing their opponents' shots and relying on set pieces and counterpunches for their chances. Julien Stephan has QPR playing a structured 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1, although they have been a little more open in their build-up play and more moderate in their pressing than full-throttle chaos.
It's a structure-versus-structure fixture then, and it's likely that the side which wins the set-piece scraps and transitional moments will win this game.
Form and stats suggest close contest
West Brom (W2, D1, L2) have been in mixed form of late, but they come into this game off the back of a 1-0 victory at home to Watford.
QPR (W3, D1, L1) have had the better run of late, winning their opening two away games in the Championship 2026/2027 and conceding just twice in total before falling to a narrow 0-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough.
Both teams to score is available at 31/50 and looks live here, but with West Brom's home advantage and QPR's unbeaten away record, this also has the feel of a tight game with little room for manoeuvre.
Under 2.5 goals fits the tactical tug-of-war, so 11/10 looks a fair price for the unders.
Picking a winner
QPR's Ilias Chair is their leading Championship 2026/2027 goal scorer, although the playmaker is only on two goals from five games. He has been the spark between the lines for the Hoops, but he isn't quite on the level of West Brom's Jimmy-Jay Morgan, who has three goals in five for the Baggies.
West Brom have the home advantage here, but QPR's away form is a big positive. West Brom and QPR have edged each other in their last two head-to-heads, but the form of Isaac Price is worth noting as he has four of West Brom's eight goals across the last five, so the slight home edge goes with a West Brom win.
