Queens Park Rangers – Derby County match report
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Derby County were beaten 4-1 by a rampant Queens Park Rangers. The half-time score was 3-0. Player of the match: B. Kemper of Queens Park Rangers, with a ScoreMondo rating of 8.8. Wednesday 14 October, Loftus Road (London): Queens Park Rangers against Derby County on matchday 10, kick-off 19:45.
Key moments
Queens Park Rangers took the lead on 18 minutes thanks to A. Lloyd, set up by B. Kemper. Queens Park Rangers extended their lead to 2-0 on 22 minutes thanks to N. Madsen from the penalty spot. Queens Park Rangers extended their lead to 3-0 on 45 minutes thanks to H. Vale. Half-time: 3-0, Queens Park Rangers in front.
Queens Park Rangers extended their lead to 4-0 in the 68th minute through P. Smyth, set up by N. Madsen. Late on, in the 90th minute, Derby County pulled one back to make it 4-1.
What the numbers say
On target it was 7-5, from 9 and 8 attempts respectively. Cards: 2-3 in yellows. Fouls: 9 by Queens Park Rangers, 9 by Derby County; offsides 0-2.
Booked for Queens Park Rangers: H. Vale (57') and G. Kamara (60'). Derby County's yellow cards went to D. Ozoh in the 24th minute, S. Szmodics in the 44th minute and H. Meister in the 56th minute.
The players
Behind him, N. Madsen at 8.6, A. Lloyd at 7.9 and P. Smyth at 7.6 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Queens Park Rangers made 4 changes: K. Poku for A. Lloyd (62'), J. Varane for H. Vale (62'), R. Kone for Rayan Jawad Kolli (62') and A. Mbengue for B. Kemper (72'). From the Derby County bench came R. Nyambe on 12 minutes, L. Travis on 45 minutes, H. Meister on 45 minutes and L. Salvesen on 63 minutes, among 5 changes.
The context
Before kick-off, Queens Park Rangers' last 5 matches had brought 4 draws and 1 defeat. Queens Park Rangers drew 1-1 with West Ham United last time out. Derby County came into the match with 2 draws and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches — 5 without a win. Derby County were held 1-1 by Wrexham FC in their latest outing. Queens Park Rangers and Derby County have met 10 times in our records: 5 wins for Queens Park Rangers, 4 for Derby County and 1 draw. When they last met, on 25 April 2026, Derby County won 3-2. There have been 23 goals in the 10 meetings, 2.3 a game. Referee Matthew Corlett showed 5 yellow cards; the average in our records is 4.5 yellows per game over 63 matches.
What it means
Queens Park Rangers end a run of 5 matches without a win. Derby County have now gone 6 matches without a win.
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