Queens Park Rangers vs Bolton Wanderers Prediction: Midfield Control Decides Tight Loftus Road Clash
QPR and Bolton arrive at Loftus Road for Gameweek 2 both carrying maximum points but the similarity stops there: QPR battered Portsmouth 3-1 away from home while Bolton scraped past Preston 2-1 at home and both then lost their Carabao…
It's week 2 of the 2026-2027 Championship on 2026-08-22 at 15:00 GMT, when Queens Park Rangers and Bolton Wanderers go head-to-head.
There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between J. Stéphan and Steven Schumacher.
A view of the standings shows Queens Park Rangers in 1st spot with 3 points and Bolton Wanderers in 3rd on 3 points.
Queens Park Rangers are missing 3 players: K. Dembele (Knee Injury), B. Kemper (Ankle Injury), R. Kolli (Coach's decision) whereas Bolton Wanderers is missing 1 player: R. Rodrigues (Knee Injury).
Our forecast has Queens Park Rangers in a 4-man backline (4-4-2), with Bolton Wanderers set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
The previous match saw H. Vale lead Queens Park Rangers with a 7.5 TheyScored rating, and C. Forino top-rating for Bolton Wanderers at 7.9.
Queens Park Rangers came off a win (3-1 vs Portsmouth) and Bolton Wanderers also triumphed (2-1 vs Preston North End).
Queens Park Rangers (4-1-0) and Bolton Wanderers (2-2-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Queens Park Rangers have clearly got the edge H2H: in 10 meetings, they've beaten Bolton Wanderers 5 times, with 2 draws and only 3 losses.
QPR is going head to head with Bolton on 22/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and QPR v Bolton H2H statistics!