Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Watford: result and report
Championship · Friday 3 April 2026
Result
Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Watford
Championship · Friday 3 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Watford: match report
Queens Park Rangers defeated Watford 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 3 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Rayan Kolli opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Rayan Kolli (26') and Paul Patrick Smyth (63'). Watford scored through Imrân Louza (85').
Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 6 yellow cards; Watford received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 12th on 53 points from 39 and Watford 9th on 56 points from 39. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 15th with 58 points, and Watford 16th with 57.
Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Smyth of Queens Park Rangers (8.7), ahead of Imrân Louza (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Queens Park Rangers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Watford.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Edoardo Bove
- 26'Goal · Rayan Kolli
- 29'Yellow card · Rayan Kolli
- 30'Yellow card · Jimmy Dunne
- 49'Yellow card · Pierre Ekwah
- 61'Yellow card · Paul Patrick Smyth
- 62'Yellow card · Saba Goglichidze
- 63'Goal · Paul Patrick Smyth
- 84'Yellow card · Richard Kone
- 85'Goal · Imrân Louza
- 87'Yellow card · Amadou Salif Mbengue
- 90+1'Yellow card · Imrân Louza
- 90+1'Yellow card · Kwame Poku
Head-to-head
Team news
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Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Walsh, Amadou Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Ronnie Edwards, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Harvey Vale, Kieran Morgan, Jonathan Varane, Paul Smyth, Richard Kone, Rayan Kolli
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Egil Selvik, Kévin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Saba Goglichidze, Jérémy Petris, Nestory Irankunda, Edoardo Bove, Pierre Ekwah, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Imrân Louza