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Norwich v QPR (Carrow Road, Sky Sports Football, 1230 BST)

Norwich are on the verge of a return to the Premier League. Daniel Farke's men sit seven points clear of third, only the most spectacular of collapses would see them remain in the Sky Bet Championship next season.

In QPR, they take on a side in free fall. That led to Steve McClaren's sacking at the beginning of the week. Results were far from acceptable, and while he would have achieved their aim of staying in the division, the fact that they could only post one league win in 2019 highlights why the board were likely fed-up of the way things were.

The R's have only won three of their last 17 in all competitions. Bizarrely, two of those games came against Leeds, who sit in second. In defence of Marcelo Bielsa's side, one of those games was against an under-23s side who fielded in the FA Cup.

It's difficult to argue that the victory over Leeds can give them confidence here. On the flip side, managerial changes are always stepping into the unknown, especially with a caretaker in charge who has been around the squad for a while but will undoubtedly bring new ideas to the table.

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QPR's Darnell Furlong celebrates

Opta facts

  • Norwich have lost just one of their last 15 league matches at Carrow Road against QPR (W11 D3 L1), a 0-1 defeat in September 2008.
  • QPR have failed to score in seven of their last 12 league matches against Norwich (W2 D3 L7).
  • Norwich have won their last seven league matches, their best run since January 2010 in League One under Paul Lambert (eight in a row); it’s their best run at this level since May 2004 (seven wins), when they won the second tier under Nigel Worthington.
  • QPR won their final away match of 2018 at Nottingham Forest – they’ve won none of their eight away from home in all competitions in 2019 (W0 D3 L5).
  • With seven games remaining last season, Norwich City had 52 points in the Championship – 29 fewer than they have this season (81 points).
  • QPR have won one of their last 19 away league matches played in April (W1 D4 L14), a 2-1 victory at West Brom in April 2015.

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