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And starting with Vital Football/QPR look back at QPR vs Middlesbrough in 1977
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Personally I recall QPR going 2-0 at Middlesbrough in the first five minutes...And then losing 6-2. (That would be in 1969 or 1970)

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Head to Head
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ANd early December 5-1 loss:
QPR: Cerny, Hall, Leigertwood, Routledge (Pellicori 82), Buzsaky (Vine 52), Gorkss, Watson, Faurlin, Simpson (Agyemang 52), Borrowdale, Taarabt.
Subs not used: Taylor, Ramage, Stewart, Williams.
Scorers: Agyemang (54)
Middlesbrough: Jones, Pogatetz, Yeates, Lita, St Ledger, O'Neil (Digard 79), Arca, R Williams, Wheater, Kitson, Osbourne.
Subs not used: Coyne, Hoyte, Riggott, Emnes, McMahon, L Williams.
Scorers: Kitson (31), Lita (Pen 50 & 60), O'Neil (75), Yeates (
Bookings: Lita (50), Osbourne (58) Referee: Mr P N Gibbs Attendance: 13, 949 QPR

Magilton and other comments - qprreport.blogspot.com/2009/12/qpr-vs-middlesbrough-compilation-of.html

Match Reports -http://qprreport.blogspot.com/2009/12/qpr-crash-at-home-to-middlesbrough.html

And QPR winning 5-0 with Mark Kennedy finale
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Match Pack: Queens Park Rangers
Coca-Cola Championship
Saturday February 27 2009
Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers
Kick-off 3pm

THIS will be the 34th league meeting between the two, Boro having won nine games and QPR 12, leaving 12 draws.

December's 5-1 win at Loftus Road equalled Boro's all-time biggest victory over Queens Park Rangers.

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Injuries and suspensions

Scott McDonald is still not right after a hernia operation and is visiting a specialist to decide if he should keep playing or rest.

Chris Killen trained on Thursday and could return to the Boro squad for the game after a hamstring injury and a virus kept him out of the last three games.

Rhys Williams and Chris Riggott have both returned to light training following pelvic and hamstring problems respectively.

Tony McMahon has a stress fracture in his foot and is expected to be out for some time.

Long-term absentees Seb Hines (ankle and medial knee ligament damage) and Matthew Bates (anterior cruciate ligament tear) both remain on the sidelines.

QPR's Matt Connolly will face late checks as he aims to recover from an ankle injury picked up five minutes from the end of last weekend's 2-1 win over Doncaster.

Peter Ramage, above, picked up an abdominal strain in the victory, but is expected to be passed fit for the trip north.

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Guide to the opposition

There have been some changes at QPR since Boro were at Loftus Road in December. Flavio Briatore has resigned as chairman and the Hoops are onto their third manager, including two caretakers, since the 5-1 drubbing.

Mick Harford is currently caretaker boss at Loftus Road but he has been quoted as saying that he feels this game will be his last.

This is The Hoops' sixth season at this level, having been promoted from League One in 2004.

The west London club are competing outside the top flight for the 14th successive season, having last been in the Premier League in 1995/96.

They finished 11th in the Championship last season and currently sit 18th with 37 points from 31 games.

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One to watch: Jay Simpson

The young forward is currently on a season-long loan from Arsenal. After impressing for West Brom during their relegation season last campaign, Simpson was loaned out to QPR this season for further experience.

Simpson is tricky, possesses bags of pace and is QPR's top scorer this season with 12 goals.

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The Form Book

The Hoops have made three visits to the Riverside Stadium since its opening in 1995, once in the Premier League in October 1995, once in the Championship in November 1997 and once in the FA Cup in January 1998. On each occasion they've failed to score, losing 1-0, 3-0 and 2-0 respectively.

QPR's 2-1 win over Doncaster Rovers last weekend was their first in nine games in all competitions and only their second victory in their last 17 games.

After a run of six games unbeaten, Boro have lost their last two, a 2-0 defeat at Blackpool 10 days ago and 1-0 at Nottingham Forest last weekend.

Boro are unbeaten in their last six games at the Riverside.

QPR's last win away from home came on November 7, a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

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Last time out

December 5 2009

Queens Park Rangers 1 (Agyemang 53), Middlesbrough 5 (Kitson 31, Lita 50 (pen), 60, O'Neil 75, Yeates 87)

A superb display full of power and attacking endeavour brought Gordon Strachan his first win as manager and Boro their first ever victory at Loftus Road.

QPR: Cerny; Hall, Borrowdale, Gorkss, Leigertwood, Routledge (Pellicori 79), Watson, Buzsaky (Vine 51), Taarabt, Faurlin, Simpson (Agyemang 51). Subs: Taylor (gk), Williams, Ramage, Stewart.

Middlesbrough: Jones; R Williams, St Ledger, Wheater, Pogatetz, Yeates, Arca, Osbourne, O'Neil (Capt) (Digard 78), Lita, Kitson. Unused subs: Coyne (gk); Hoyte, Riggott, Emnes, McMahon, L Williams.

Referee: P Gibbs, West Midlands.

Bookings

QPR: Hall (foul on Yeates, 29)

Middlesbrough: Lita (ungentlemanly conduct 49); O'Neil (foul on Watson, 57)

Attendance: 13,949

Conditions: Cold with driving rain.

Website Boro Man of the Match: Leroy Lita

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Referee: Andy Woolmer, Northamptonshire.

This is Mr Woolmer's seventh season as a league referee and his second of the season involving Boro. His previous Boro game was at Preston when Boro drew 2-2 in Colin Cooper's only game in charge, on October 24 2009.

Mr Woolmer has shown 54 yellow and one red card in 21 games this season. Three of his games have been cardless.

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Weather

Heavy rain is forecast, with temperatures topping at four degrees, dropping just one-to-three degrees later in the day. Expect an 13mph north, north-easterly wind.

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Tickets

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Full coverage of the game will be available on Boro World. Right now on Boro World we have exclusive video interviews with Gordon Strachan, Steve Agnew and Chris Killen, highlights of this week's 3-2 win for Boro's Reserves and an insightful interview with Martin Scott.,This week's edition of Rockliffe Review will follow tomorrow, together with an audio interview with Emanuel Pogatetz.
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Checking back: The 6-2 defeat at Middlesbrough was Septembe 1970 (just a few months after Mexico World Cup!)

The previous week, Barry Bridges had played his last game against Chris Garland's Bristol City. With a typical Bridges chip over the goalie to give us a 2-1 win. Was sold to Millwall.

Against Middlesbrough, Ian Morgan replaced Bridges. Clement and Marsh put QPR 2-0 up...Middlesbrough then scored six!

A couple of days later, Alec Stock's newly-promoted Luton (with Malcolm McDonald) came to Loftus Road - and won 1-0 through an early Mike Keen goal!

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THE FRIDAY PREVIEW: BORO'
Posted on: Fri 26 Feb 2010
Middlesbrough is the destination for the R's this weekend, who travel to the Riverside Stadium on Saturday in search of more points to steer them away from the drop zone.

Rangers make the long trip to the North East in confident mood, however, after their 2-1 victory against Doncaster Rovers at Loftus Road last weekend.

Boro' may have suffered a 1-0 defeat away at Nottingham Forest last weekend, though will certainly prove a stern test as they look to close on a place in the top six in the Coca Cola Championship.

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The R's will be hoping that the outcome on Saturday is much different to when the sides last met, where despite Patrick Agyemang's 54th minute strike, Boro' ran out 5-1 winners in W12 courtesy of goals from Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita (2), Gary O'Neil and Mark Yeates.

Team News

Mikele Leigertwood is available to Rangers gaffer Mick Harford after completing a three-match ban for a red card received in the 1-0 defeat at Peterborough United on 6th February.

Meanwhile, Matt Connolly is likely to make the trip to face Boro' if he overcomes a slight knock sustained against Doncaster, while Peter Ramage is also expected to feature despite an abdominal injury for the right-back.

Middlesbrough could be without Scott McDonald for the visit of QPR, who faces late tests on a hernia problem.

Chris Killen, who has a virus as well as a hamstring strain, is expected to be fit in time for Saturday's match. Matthew Bates is a long-term absentee for Boro' and isn't expected to feature again this season.

Star Man

Gary O'NEIL - Midfield

Middlesbrough Captain Gary O'Neil has played at every level except the full side for England and has skippered the Under-21 team.

He joined Boro' from Portsmouth in a £5millon deal with just minutes to spare on transfer deadline day in August 2007.

Gary, who played 175 league games for Pompey and was their Player of the Year in 2005/06, signed a three-year contract after passing a medical and the Club exercised an option to extend for a further two years in December 2009.

The Bromley-born player has a reputation for scoring vital goals from midfield.

He established himself as Boro's regular right-midfielder in his debut season, although the goals which had been a feature of his earlier career at Pompey proved elusive.

However, O'Neil found the net four times in the 2008/09 season, scoring the final Boro' goal of a disappointing campaign in the final game away to West Ham. He was shown the yellow card 11 times during the season.

The midfield man started the 2009/10 campaign in fine form but needed hernia surgery after just a few games. But such was his determination to get back into the action he played just 13 days after having some 38 staples in both groins.

Previous Encounter

QPR 5, Middlesbrough 0

Nationwide Division One - March 4th 1998

Rangers' stunning first-half performance saw them net four times before the break against promotion-chasing Middlesbrough at Loftus Road.

A Steve Vickers own goal got the ball rolling for the Hoops, before Paul Bruce, Kevin Gallen and Mike Sheron all fired home before the half-time whistle to put the hosts in control against Bryan Robson's high-flying Boro'.

Sheron then added his second of the night eight minutes after the interval before Andy Townsend was shown his marching orders, as the R's recorded a spectacular win on a memorable evening in West London for Ray Harford's men.

Match odds with Bet365

Middlesbrough win - 4/6

Draw - 5/2

QPR win - 9/2

Match Coverage

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Saturday, 27 February 2010
Championship
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MIDDLESBROUGHQPRPossessionMiddlesbrough 50%QPR 50%Attempts on targetMiddlesbrough 0QPR 0Attempts off targetMiddlesbrough 0QPR 0CornersMiddlesbrough 0QPR 0FoulsMiddlesbrough 0QPR 0

Coca Cola Championship
Venue: Riverside Stadium Date: Saturday, 27 February Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC local radio, Final Score & highlights on The Football League Show

TEAM NEWS
Middlesbrough's Scott McDonald, who recently underwent a hernia operation, is unlikely to feature on Saturday.

But Chris Killen is expected to return to the squad after recovering from the hamstring problem and virus which have kept him out of the last three games.

QPR defender Matt Connolly has a knock and faces a fitness test, while Peter Ramage should overcome an abdominal strain in time to join the squad.

Mikele Leigertwood is available again after serving a three-match ban.

MATCH PREVIEW
After a difficult start to his tenure, Gordon Strachan picked up his first victory as Middlesbrough manager when his side crushed troubled QPR 5-1 at Loftus Road in December.

Mick Harford, meanwhile, won his first match since taking the reins at Loftus Road again when Rangers ended a horrific run by beating Doncaster last weekend.

But, barring a spectacular win that might make the QPR board think there is no urgent rush to pay Crystal Palace the compensation they want for Neil Warnock, this will be Harford's last game at the helm.

Rangers are expected to appoint Warnock next week. Before that, they have the task of facing a Boro side which has struggled at the Riverside this season but are unbeaten in their last five matches there.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• The winning side has scored five in each of the last two meetings between these clubs. QPR, beaten 5-1 by Boro this season, won 5-0 against them at Loftus Road in March 1998.

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• Boro have never done the double over the R's, whose win at Ayresome Park in January 1993 is their only away victory against them in over 30 years.

Middlesbrough

• Boro have lost their last two matches and 10 of their 20 since Gordon Strachan became manager.

• The Teessiders have failed to score in more home games than any other club in the Championship (eight).

• They have scored 13 fewer goals at home than on their league travels (15 at the Riverside, 28 on the road).

Queens Park Rangers

• QPR have lost their last three away matches without scoring a goal.

• They have not kept a clean sheet since the 4-0 win over Preston on 17 October. That 20-match run is the longest in the entire Football League.

• Rangers have scored 27 goals at home and conceded 27 away in the league this season.

MOST RECENT MEETING

QPR 1-5 Middlesbrough (5 December)

QPR scorer: Agyemang 53.

Boro scorers: Kitson 31, Lita 50 (pen), 60, O'Neil 75, Yeates 87.

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