Birmingham – QPR

Match analysis

Birmingham host a hungry QPR on Saturday, a clash that could see the home side claw their way back into the top‑half. Birmingham sit ninth with ten points from seven games – two wins, four draws and a single loss, edging a +1 goal difference (10‑9). Queens Park Rangers, meanwhile, sit six points clear in sixth place, having amassed twelve points from the same number of fixtures, boasting three victories, three draws and one defeat while enjoying a comfortable +3 margin (8‑5). The two teams have met only sparingly this season, but the narrow gap in points and the contrasting goal records suggest a tightly contested encounter, with Birmingham needing a win to close the gap on the play‑off spots and QPR aiming to extend their momentum toward a top‑four push.