Leicester Official SiteMatch Preview: QPRThe Foxes go into their second home game in a week, high in confidence off the back of their first league win of the season, against Cardiff City.
The Blue Army were treated to a second half comeback from Paulo Sousa's men on Tuesday evening, as they came from 1-0 down to beat the Bluebirds 2-1.
Despite edging the first half, Cardiff took the lead on 26 minutes when a deep cross from Lee Naylor found the top corner with a goal against the run of play, epitomising City's season so far.
Undeterred from the first half setback, the Foxes continued to dominate proceedings and deservedly equalised on 51 minutes.
Richie Wellens crossed the ball into the box from 25 yards, which found Andy King who headed home past Cardiff 'keeper David Marshall.
A neat passage of play from the home side allowed King to score his second and the match winner.
Wellens was again provider as he squared the ball to King who was lurking just inside the box. He fired his shot past Marshall to spark the celebrations amongst the Walkers Stadium crowd.
With high flying Queens Park Rangers next to visit the Walkers Stadium, Paulo Sousa will be looking for his side to build on the recent impressive performances against Coventry City and Cardiff City.
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Queens Park Rangers are the early season pace setters in the npower Championship after winning five out of their first six games.
They did, however, fail to avoid the banana skin of the Carling Cup first round, losing 3-1 at home to Port Vale.
This has not affected their league form, however, as they currently sit top of the league, having amassed 16 points so far.
Their latest win came on Tuesday evening away at Ipswich Town. Jamie Mackie opened the scoring on 31 minutes after he shrugged off two challenges from the Ipswich defence, before firing into the bottom corner.
Another goal from Mackie on 42 minutes put QPR firmly in the driving seat at Portman Road.
Heidar Helguson then completed the rout after he converted his spot kick to make it 3-0, after the ever present Mackie was fouled by Tommy Smith in the Ipswich box.
Neil Warnock will be hoping history doesn't repeat it's self this weekend. The Foxes smashed his QPR side 4-0 on their last visit, with Martyn Waghorn among the scorers.
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Overall (all competitions)
Leicester City: 20
Draw: 10
Queens Park Ranges: 23
Last 3 Matches (all competitions)
05.04.2010 - LCFC 4-0 QPR
Goal Scorer(s): Waghorn x2, King, Howard
Championship
Attendance: 22,079
30.10.2009 - QPR 1-2 LCFC
Goal Scorer(s): Taarabt, Fryattx2
Championship
Attendance: 17,082
01.01.2008 - QPR 3-1 LCFC
Goal Scorer(s): Stewart, Bolder, Blackstock/Hume
Championship
Attendance: 13,326
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Jamie Mackie - The Striker has scored six goals so far this season, including a brace in his last outing against Ipswich Town.
Mackie began his career at Wimbledon before moving to Exeter City.
He made the step up to Championship football in 2007 when he joined Plymouth Argyle but left for QPR when Argyle were relegated to League One last Season.
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Game: Leicester City 4 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
Goalscorers: King, Waghorn x2, Howard
Competition: Championship
Date: 05/04/2010
Attendance: 22,079
Two great goals from Martyn Waghorn were at the heart of a fine win by the Foxes.
Andy King set them on their way, Steve Howard completed the scoring while in between Waghorn was outstanding, coming so close to a hat-trick with a shot that hit the bar.
CIty made the first chance, a long ball from Jack Hobbs being touched on by Steve Howard but the ball was gathered by goalkeeper then QPR 'keeper Carl Ikeme before the support closed in.
And the early advantage told in the 5th minute when City took the lead, a pass from right midfield being headed back by Howard for Andy King to apply the finishing touch in clinical fashion.
In the last minute of normal time before the break, Ikeme horribly mis-cued a clearance straight to Martyn Waghorn and the City man wasted no time in returning the ball with interest into the empty net for a two-goal advantage at half-time.
Rangers' thoughts of a quick reply after the break were dealt a blow when, in the 49th minute, a great goal by Waghorn opened up a big gap. He took control of a through ball, checked to his left and swerved a fantastic shot home off the underside of the bar from 20 yards.
A Michael Morrison cross was brilliantly headed home by Howard, just reward for his tremendous work overall, and put the game out of reach for the visitors who offered only some long-range efforts that proved no danger.
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Today's match pits City, once again, against one of the league's form teams. QPR find themselves at the top of the tree in the formative npower Championship table, but despite that great start, the bookies can barely separate the two sides for tonight's encounter.
City are available for the win at 8/5 with Coral, the official gaming and betting partner of the Football League, with QPR at 13/8. Based on the closeness of the odds, the more favourable bet appears to be a draw, at 23/10.
My tip for the match is for Martyn Waghorn to continue his excellent scoring record against QPR at the Walkers with the first on a 2-0 for the Foxes. This is priced at 40/1 with both Coral and with City's In Stadium betting partner, FCBetz.com.
If your coming to the game you can place a bet with FCBetz.com, Leicester City's Official Bookmaker offering odds of 13/8 for the City win and 10/1 for a 2-0 scoreline for the Foxes.
For all of the In-Stadium match odds visit your FCBetz.com agent in your nearest concourse area.
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*All bets correct at time of writing
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