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Queens Park Rangers are second from bottom and without a win in their last nine games (D5 L4), having picked up just one victory so far this season.

Middlesbrough have only won one of their last five (D1 L3) and are in need of points to keep in touch with the play-off spots.

• The away team have won four of the last seven league meetings between QPR and Middlesbrough (D1 L2).

• Middlesbrough are looking to win consecutive away league games against QPR for just a second time, also doing so in January 2018.

• QPR have failed to win any of their last seven league games in midweek (D4 L3) since beating Stoke 4-2 at home in November 2023.

• Middlesbrough won both league matches in London last season, beating Millwall 3-1 and QPR 2-0. They could win three consecutive such games for the first time since February 2012.

• Middlesbrough's Finn Azaz has been involved in eight goals in his 16 away appearances for Boro in the Championship (5 goals, 3 assists), five of which have come in his last seven such games (2 goals, 3 assists).

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Middlesbrough defender Rav van den Berg faces a "number of weeks" out as he recovers from a twisted knee.

The Dutch centre-back missed the 3-0 defeat by Coventry City on Saturday after picking up the injury in training.

He will be absent for this week's games with Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town with head coach Michael Carrick unsure of an exact return date for the 20-year-old.

"The international break will help us in terms of him missing games," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.

"Hopefully, we'll get him back at some point after that, but it will be a number of weeks."

Boro are currently 11th in the Championship, three points below the play-off spots.

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