West Ham vs QPR Preview
West Ham recovered from a slow start in the Championship and have climbed into the top two after improved form. Jarrod Bowen is a key attacking threat and can score in a home victory against patchy QPR.
Key Stats - Bowen Showing His Class
- West Ham have won their last 3 Championship home games.
- West Ham have seen over 3.5 goals in their last 4 matches.
- West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen has scored 3 goals in his last 3 Championship matches.
H2H - Hammers Advantage
West Ham have a 39-30 advantage against QPR, alongside 25 draws.
West Ham Targeting Top Spot
Nuno Espirito Santo’s West Ham are second in the Championship after winning four and drawing three of their eight games. The Hammers average a league-high of 4.13 goals per game this season.
West Ham are undefeated in six consecutive Championship matches and Jarrod Bowen has scored four in that spell.
The East Londoners have convincingly won three home matches in their unbeaten run. Big victories came against Wolves 4-2, Derby 3-0 and Wrexham 6-0.
Espirito Santo’s side came back from 2-0 down and held Millwall to a 2-2 away draw before the international break. West Ham trailed at half time and Mohamadou Kante and Konstantinos Mavropanos scored in the final 14 minutes.
QPR Struggle for Clean Sheets
QPR started the 2026/27 campaign in positive form and were unbeaten in their opening four fixtures, scoring seven and conceding three.
The Hoops’ strong start has tailed off after a four-match winless run. Julien Stephan’s outfit lost 1-0 against Middlesbrough and drew 0-0 at Charlton and 1-1 at West Brom.
The R’s drew a third conseucitve game and were held to a 2-2 home stalemate with Preston. QPR conceded twice, responded with 2.54 XG and Kwame Poku and Paul Smyth scored in the second period.
Predicted Starting Lineups & Team News
West Ham (4-4-2): Mads Hermansen; Kyle Walker-Peters, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Max Kilman, Morato; Jarrod Bowen, Arne Engels, Divine Mukasa, Manor Solomon; Joel Piroe, Taty Castellanos
Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola and defender Joel Veltman are unavailable due to injury. Midfielder Tomas Soucek has a long-term ankle issue and is unlikely to feature.
Konstantinos Mavropanos came off injured in Greece’s international against Germany on Sunday. The defender responded to the substitution post-match and said, "I was in a little pain, but it's nothing major. Everything's fine."
QPR (4-4-2): Pierce Charles; Amadou Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Ronnie Edwards; Esquerdinha; Jonathan Varane, Glen Kamara, Nicolas Madsen, Kwame Poku; Leon Scarlett, Rumarn Burrell
Midfielder Harvey Vale and full-back Tariq Lamptey are injury doubts.
Defender Dennis Cirkin is suspended. Attackers Richard Kone and Karamoko Dembele, midfielder Ilias Chair and defender Boy Kemper are ruled out due to injury.
Julien Stephan confirmed that Dembele recently returned to training and is “in a good direction” during his recovery.