Queens Park Rangers

Wrexham host QPR aiming to make it three wins in a row in all competitions on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Rad Dragons will be looking to build on an away win at Millwall as they face a QPR side off the back of a victory against fellow Londoners Charlton.

• Wrexham and QPR are meeting in the Football League for the first time since the 2003-04 season in the third tier, with the Rs winning both encounters 2-0.

• QPR have won four of their last six away league games against Wrexham (D1 L1).

• After beating Millwall 2-0 last time out, Wrexham are looking to win successive second tier games for the first time since March 1982 against Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers respectively.

• After beating Charlton Athletic 3-1, QPR are aiming to win successive league matches for the first time since recording four straight victories at the start of 2025.

• Wrexham's Kieffer Moore has scored three goals in his last two league games and is looking to score in three in a row for the first time since April-August 2022 (a run of four).

Queens Park Ranger boss Julien Stephan has praised summer signing Richard Kone's "commitment" to the team before their Championship match against Wrexham on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Ivorian striker, who joined the Rs in August from Wycombe Wanderers, has scored twice across his three Championship appearances.

But for boss Stephan, it's not the 22-year-old's goalscoring prowess that has impressed the most.

"For a striker, it's very important to see how you can work for the team and more than goals, it's the way he plays for the team," Stephan told BBC Radio London.

"It's all the commitment with the team-mates when we have the ball, when we don't have the ball, how he's able to run and how he's able to give some space for the other players around him. How he's able to defend, how he's able to press the opponent.

"I'm very happy, of course, with the goals but I'm very happy with the commitment of the player."

Listen to the full press conference with Stephan and more QPR content on BBC Sounds.

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QPR defender Liam Morrison has signed a new contract to extend his stay at Loftus Road although the Championship club have not disclosed the length of the deal.

The 22-year-old joined the London club in July 2024 from Bayern Munich and made 21 appearances in all competitions last season.

Morrison did not break into the Bayern first team and spent the 2023-24 season on loan with Wigan Athletic in League One before moving to QPR.

"Last season was my first full season in the Championship so I was getting used to it," he told the club website., external

"Now I need to kick on and prove to everyone what I can do."

QPR return to action away at Wrexham on 13 September after the international break.

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Julien Stephan picked up his first win as QPR boss against Charlton Athletic at Loftus Road.

"Congratulations to the players, this is the most important. They play, I think they deserve the win today," he told BBC Radio London.

"They start very well for the first 20 minutes. The last 15 minutes [of the first half] we played too low on the pitch for me, so we tried to change some things at half-time.

"The players who came from the bench had a huge impact for the last 30 minutes.

"We had three more players this week which meant more options to start and more options to finish [the game].

"We can see today a huge impact at the end of the game – Koki Saito, [Rayan] Kolli, [Rumarn] Burrell.

"I'm very happy also for Ritchie Kone because he did a top game from the first second until the last second."

QPR will play Saturday's London derby against Charlton Athletic with a "spirit of revenge" after their 7-1 thrashing against Coventry City, head coach Julien Stephan said.

The Hoops were blown away by the Sky Blues and trailed 5-0 at half-time in last weekend's Championship defeat.

QPR have picked up just one point so far and are winless in all competitions since Stephan took over from Marti Cifuentes this summer.

And Stephan said he and his players had had a "studious" week evaluating the manner of their defeat at CBS Arena.

"It was the first time, so it's a new challenge," he told BBC Radio London.

"The most important is to stay focused with the players, to work with them, and you know, after this kind of game, the first difficulty is of course we need to understand what happened on the pitch because we need also to help the players and keep them to play with confidence.

"Because if you don't have any confidence on the pitch, it's impossible to play football."

Charlton have picked up four points from their first three games back in the second tier but come into the match on the back of two consecutive defeats - against Leicester City in the league and away at Cambridge United in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.

Abdul Fatawu's 48th-minute winner was the first time the Addicks' defence had been breached in the league this season, and Stephan said the Rs are ready for a tough challenge on Saturday.

"It will be a completely different game, at home, a derby with a spirit of revenge," he said.

"We need to play with our identity but also play cleverly, and we need to be smart because it's not only revenge, it's also a football game, so we need to be very clear with the game plan and very clear with what we want to do on the pitch."

Listen to the full interview and more on BBC Sounds.

Two London rivals will seek to get back on track in different ways when Charlton head west across the capital to visit QPR on Saturday (12:30 BST).

The R's suffered a 7-1 drubbing at Coventry last Saturday and have picked up a single point from their opening three Championship games under Julien Stephan, while Nathan Jones' Addicks suffered their first defeat of the campaign, being edged out 1-0 by Leicester at the Valley on the same day.

• QPR are unbeaten across their past six home league games against Charlton Athletic (W4 D2) since a 4-2 defeat in October 1997 in the second tier.

• This will be the first league meeting between Charlton Athletic and QPR since a 1-0 win for the Addicks in June 2020. Overall, Charlton have won three of their past five head-to-head league clashes with their London counterparts (D1 L1).

• Last weekend, QPR were defeated 7-1 by Coventry, the 12th time that they've conceded 5+ goals in a Championship match since the EFL rebrand in 2004 – only Barnsley (17) and Huddersfield (13) have suffered that fate on more occasions in this time in the division.

• Charlton have scored the joint-fewest goals in the Championship this season (1), with this the first time the Addicks have scored one or fewer goals through their opening three league games of a campaign since 1970-71 (also one).

• Charlton have lost just one of their past eight league London derbies (W5 D2), though did lose their last in the second tier 2-1 against Brentford in July 2020.

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QPR striker Zan Celar has joined German second tier side Fortuna Dusseldorf, external on a season-long loan.

The Slovenia international moved to Loftus Road from Swiss outfit Lugano last summer.

But the 26-year-old scored just two goals in 22 appearances last season, with both goals coming in a 2-0 win at Cardiff City in November.

He picked up a hamstring injury in December and did not play again last season but played in the Hoops' opening two Championship matches of this term.

QPR have signed Rumarn Burrell and Richard Kone this summer to bolster a strikeforce that also has Michael Frey and Rayan Kolli.

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Before the weekend QPR boss Julien Stephan said his side remains "under construction".

If that's so, the 7-1 demolition at Coventry makes me fear for what is left of his building site.

Conceding seven goals in a game for the first time in seven years, QPR only narrowly avoided equalling their club-record heaviest defeat.

If given the opportunity, the next few games will show what Stephan is made of and whether the Frenchman really knows his onions.

It might be time to put the reported £6m Ebere Eze sell-on to good use.

Julien Stephan issued an apology to QPR fans after the humiliating 7-1 hammering at Coventry.

Rangers are yet to win under their new head coach, but the Frenchman insisted there will be a radical improvement against Charlton next Saturday.

"I can promise one thing: it will be a completely different game next week against Charlton. We will react for sure next week," he told BBC London.

"We did a lot of mistakes today. It's unacceptable. We will think about the next week and how we can react.

"This is a big challenge. This is the first time in my career I have to deal with a score like this, but in football you learn a lot.

"I just want to promise that next week it will be completely different and you will see a completely different team."

Coventry City will aim to maintain their unbeaten start to the Championship season when they take on Queens Park Rangers on Saturday (15:00 BST), having begun with a 0-0 draw with Hull City and a 5-3 win at Derby County.

QPR will look to build on a draw and a loss in their opening two Championship fixtures as manager Julien Stephan's side remains "under construction".

• Coventry City have won four of their last six league games against QPR (D1 L1), as many as in their prior 13 encounters.

• QPR have lost five of their last eight away league games against Coventry City (W3), doing so 1-0 in last season's meeting.

• Remaining unbeaten in the Championship so far this season (W1 D1), Coventry City will look to go unbeaten across their opening three games of a league season for the first time since 2019-20.

• QPR have lost seven of their last 10 away league games (W3), while in 2025, only three sides have lost more Championship games than their 11.

• Coventry City have recorded more touches in the opposition's box than any other side in the Championship this season (73), are second for non-penalty expected goals (3.9) and third for possession won in the final third (10).

QPR head coach Julien Stephan has been speaking to BBC Radio London before his side's Championship match at Coventry City on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Here are the main talking points:

• Stephan had a "strange feeling" following the 2-1 loss to Watford last time out. He described his team as "under construction" and believed they performed well in the second half but needed to make a faster start. He believes his side will win by playing high quality football for longer.

• QPR's summer incomings need time to adjust to the demands of the Championship. Winning and losing in the right way is important for showing progress through the Championship season and Stephan believes "identity is the most important thing".

• QPR will aim to bring more intensity to their match against Coventry. The Sky Blues have made an unbeaten start to the season, drawing 0-0 with Hull City in their opener and beating Derby County 5-3 at Pride Park.

• Fans shouldn't expect a string of wins to begin the Championship season and Stephan wants the fanbase to be patient as he and the club carry out their project. He said any disappointing results will not reflect the ambition of the club: "When you don't have enough points you don't have to panic and just continue your process."

Listen to Stephan's full interview and more on BBC Sounds.

Julien Stephan was annoyed by QPR's poor first-half display in the 2-1 defeat at Watford.

Kieran Morgan pulled a goal back to give Rangers hope, but they were unable to find an equaliser and are still waiting for their first win since Frenchman Stephan took over as head coach.

They were punished for some sloppy defending, with Watford striker Luca Kjerrumgaard scoring twice in the space of four first-half minutes to put the hosts in control.

"Two completely different halves. The first half was too poor, honestly. It was not good enough," Stephan told BBC Radio London.

"The second one was completely different, with more intensity and quality. I'm very happy with the second half but very disappointed with the first.

"It's hard to imagine getting a good result when you only play 45 minutes. We need to react more quickly.

"We want to play like that (in the second half) and want to see the team like this. I hope quickly we will be able to play like this for 90 minutes and not only 45. This is the challenge."

Rangers' next match is away to Coventry City next Saturday.

Birmingham are set to battle Derby and QPR for the signing of £5m-rated Japanese midfielder Koki Saito, 24, who spent time on loan at the R's last season from Belgian club Lommel. (Mike McGrath, external)

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New Queens Park Rangers signing Richard Kone could make his debut this Saturday (15:00 BST) as they travel to Watford.

The former Wycombe Wanderers striker was highly sought after but has been snapped up by the Hoops as they go in search of their first win of the season.

Watford are also looking for their first victory after an opening loss to Charlton.

• Watford have won just two of their last 11 league games against QPR (D3 L6), a run which has seen the Hornets net multiple goals in just three of those matches.

• QPR have failed to win and failed to score in each of their last two away league games against Watford (D1 L1), last enduring a longer winless run at Vicarage Road between 1998 and 2005 (L4).

• After losing 1-0 to Charlton last weekend, Watford will be looking to avoid losing each of their opening two games of a second tier campaign for the first time since 2003-04.

• QPR finished last season by winning each of their final three Championship away games in succession, last enjoying a longer winning run on the road between November 2021 and January 2022 (run of four).

• On MD1 of the Championship, only Sheffield Wednesday (6) faced more big chances than Watford (4), while no side lost possession in their own defensive third more often than QPR (6).