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Saturday 23rd December

Championship Table

On Saturday 23rd December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	23	19	1	3	47	16	31	58	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Ipswich Town	23	16	4	3	47	32	15	52	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
3	Leeds United	23	13	6	4	41	22	19	45	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
4	Southampton	23	13	6	4	38	29	9	45	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	6	7	34	23	11	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
6	Hull City	23	10	6	7	36	30	6	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
7	Watford	23	9	7	7	37	28	9	34	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
8	Norwich City	23	10	4	9	41	39	2	34	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
9	Sunderland	23	10	3	10	32	27	5	33	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
10	Cardiff City	23	10	3	10	30	28	2	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
11	Middlesbrough	23	10	3	10	35	34	1	33	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
12	Bristol City	23	9	5	9	26	26	0	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
13	Preston North End	23	9	5	9	29	40	-11	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	1	12	35	40	-5	31	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
15	Coventry City	23	7	9	7	31	25	6	30	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
16	Swansea City	23	7	7	9	32	32	0	28	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
17	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	6	10	37	38	-1	27	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
18	Birmingham City	23	7	6	10	29	35	-6	27	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
19	Stoke City	23	6	6	11	21	30	-9	24	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
20	Millwall	23	5	8	10	24	31	-7	23	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
21	Huddersfield Town	23	4	10	9	21	38	-17	22	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
22	Queens Park Rangers	23	5	5	13	20	33	-13	20	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	4	15	17	37	-20	16	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	23	2	7	14	20	47	-27	13	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 23rd December 2023 at 19:01

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Queens Park Rangers

Manager: Martí Cifuentes

Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Number 1,
A. Begović , Captain
Number 22,
K. Paal
Number 6,
J. Clarke-Salter
Number 3,
J. Dunne
Number 20,
R. Cannon , substituted for A. Adomah at 84 minutes
Number 8,
S. Field
Number 10,
I. Chair
Number 17,
A. Dozzell , substituted for C. Kelman at 84 minutes
Number 7,
C. Willock , substituted for P. Smyth at 74 minutes
Number 19,
E. Dixon-Bonner , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 2, substituted for Z. Larkeche at 67 minutes
Number 9,
L. Dykes , substituted for S. Armstrong at 74 minutes

away team, Southampton

Manager: Russell Martin

Formation: 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

Number 31,
G. Bazunu
Number 2,
K. Walker-Peters
Number 35,
J. Bednarek
Number 21,
T. Harwood-Bellis
Number 14,
J. Bree , substituted for R. Manning at 32 minutes
Number 7,
J. Aribo , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 2
Number 4,
F. Downes , substituted for S. Charles at 56 minutes
Number 16,
W. Smallbone , substituted for C. Adams at 56 minutes
Number 23,
S. Edozie , substituted for R. Fraser at 57 minutes
Number 9,
A. Armstrong , Captain, substituted for J. Stephens at 86 minutes
Number 17,
S. Armstrong

Substitutes

home team, Queens Park Rangers

Number 37,
A. Adomah
Number 13,
J. Archer
Number 30,
S. Armstrong
Number 29,
A. Drewe
Number 2,
O. Kakay
Number 21,
Z. Larkeche
Number 23,
C. Kelman
Number 18,
T. Richards
Number 11,
P. Smyth

away team, Southampton

Number 10,
C. Adams , Yellow Card at 71 minutes
Number 22,
C. Alcaraz
Number 24,
S. Charles , Two Yellow Cards at 89 minutes
Number 26,
R. Fraser
Number 6,
M. Holgate
Number 13,
J. Lumley
Number 3,
R. Manning
Number 18,
S. Mara
Number 5,
J. Stephens , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 3

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Match Facts

QPR have lost their last three league games against Southampton, losing both games in 2014-15 and 2-1 earlier this season.
Southampton have won four of their last five league visits to QPR (L1), most recently a 1-0 win in February 2015 under Ronald Koeman.
Queens Park Rangers have lost more Championship games in 2023 than any other side (24). Only three times previously have they lost 25+ league games in a year, doing so in 1926 (28), 1963 (25) and 2019 (25).
Southampton are unbeaten in their last 14 league games (W9 D5) since having a four-game losing run in September. They haven’t gone 15 without defeat since a 16-game run between March and September 1950.
Adam Armstrong has been involved in at least one goal in his last four away Championship appearances for Southampton (1 goal, 3 assists). He’s assisted three of their last four away goals, with the other scored by him and assisted by his namesake Stuart Armstrong.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Southampton 1.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 5
Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Southampton 1.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ché Adams.
Bookingat 90 minutes plus 3
Jack Stephens (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Sam Field.
Postat 90 minutes
Attempt blocked. Sam Field (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Postat 90 minutes
Attempt blocked. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Albert Adomah.
Postat 90 minutes
Attempt saved. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Postat 89 minutes
Second yellow card to Shea Charles (Southampton) for a bad foul.
Postat 89 minutes
Foul by Shea Charles (Southampton).
Postat 89 minutes
Albert Adomah (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 87 minutes
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Paul Smyth.
Substitutionat 86 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Jack Stephens replaces Adam Armstrong.
Postat 86 minutes
Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 86 minutes
Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Albert Adomah replaces Reggie Cannon.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Charlie Kelman replaces Andre Dozzell.
Postat 83 minutes
Offside, Southampton. Ché Adams is caught offside.
Postat 77 minutes
Foul by Adam Armstrong (Southampton).