Queens Park Rangers vs Coventry City

Championship

QPR

12-7-11

2-1

Final

Coventry

17-7-6

MATRADE Loftus Road

Match pulse

QPRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'COV

37%Possession63%

15Shots9

8On target2

5Corners5

1Saves6

7Fouls8

25'Richard KoneQPR90'+2'Liam KitchingCOV90'+5'Bobby ThomasCOV

Team	1H	2H	T
QPR	0	2	2
COV	0	1	1

Who won: QPR 2-1

Queens Park Rangers beat Coventry City 2-1 on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at MATRADE Loftus Road. Goals for QPR: Richard Kone (66') and Nicolas Madsen (73'). Goals for Coventry: Josh Eccles (53').

Recap · Jan 31

Coventry's Championship lead cut by QPR defeat

Stuttering Coventry's grip at the top of the Championship loosened further as QPR came from behind to beat them 2-1 at Loftus Road.

What it means

QPR has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 27m ago

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ESPN · 1h ago

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ESPN · 3d ago

West Ham stunned by referee's 'massive mistake' in QPR draw

ESPN · Aug 26

QPR 'praying' for Akos Buzsaky after ex-player reported missing

ESPN · Jul 21

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ESPN · Jun 23

LAFC, QPR owners buy A-League's Central Coast Mariners

Recap · Jan 24

Wrexham strike twice in injury time to stun QPR

ESPN · Dec 19

Bafana rookie Tylon Smith hopes a strong showing at AFCON will finally get him QPR minutes

Lineups

Coventry14th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Carl RushworthG
2Liam KitchingCD-L
3Bobby ThomasCD-R
4Jay Da SilvaLB
5Milan van EwijkRB
6Jack RudoniAM
7Matt GrimesLM
8Josh EcclesRM
9Ellis SimmsF
10Ephron Mason-ClarkAM-L
11Tatsuhiro SakamotoAM-R

QPR6th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Joe WalshG
2Steve CookCD-L
3Jimmy DunneCD-R
4Rhys Norrington-DaviesLB
5Ronnie EdwardsRB
6Harvey ValeAM
7Nicolas MadsenLM
8Isaac HaydenRM
9Richard KoneF
10Paul SmythAM-L
11Karamoko DembeleAM-R

Head to head

COV leads series 3-1-1

Last meeting: Coventry 3, QPR 1 (Sep 30)

Last 5

COV

L@ NOR1-2
Wvs MIL2-1
Wvs LEI2-1
L@ STK0-1
L@ BIR2-3

QPR

Lvs WXM2-3
T@ OXF0-0
T@ STK0-0
L@ WHU1-2
Wvs SHW3-0

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Game info

Venue: MATRADE Loftus Road, London, England · Attendance 17,321
Officials: Josh Smith

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