Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and goals
Middlesbrough beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 on Saturday, 5 September 2026 in the Championship.
Goals: Will Lankshear 20'.
Queens Park Rangers sit 8th on 20 points.
Middlesbrough sit 1st on 25 points.
Queens Park Rangers have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
Middlesbrough have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
Last 5 meetings: Queens Park Rangers won 0, Middlesbrough won 5, 0 drawn.
- Competition
- EFL Championship
- Kick-off
- Saturday, 5 September 2026, 15:00 (UK time)
- Venue
- MATRADE Loftus Road, London
- 👥
- 17007
The match in numbers
- Middlesbrough beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0.
- Will Lankshear opened the scoring for Middlesbrough on 20'.
Data: ESPN · votes and picks from Scorely users
Goals and cards
Live commentary
- Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1.
- 90'+7'Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1.
- 90'+6'Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6'Myles Peart-Harris (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6'Foul by Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers).
- 90'+4'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
- 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 89'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Luke Ayling.
- 88'Foul by Rokas Pukstas (Middlesbrough).
- 88'Glen Kamara (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87'Attempt missed. Tariq Lamptey (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
- 86'Foul by Rokas Pukstas (Middlesbrough).
- 86'Tariq Lamptey (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 84'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Luke Ayling.
- 84'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Rokas Pukstas replaces Sebastian Berhalter because of an injury.
- 84'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 82'Delay in match because of an injury Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough).
- 82'Offside, Middlesbrough. Tommy Conway is caught offside.
- 80'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 78'Delay in match because of an injury Tommy Conway (Middlesbrough).
- 77'Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
- 77'Attempt missed. Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Smyth with a cross.
- 76'Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76'Foul by Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough).
- 76'Tariq Lamptey (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72'Attempt saved. Luke Ayling (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Pierce Charles (Queens Park Rangers).
- 72'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Luke Ayling replaces Ashley Phillips.
- 71'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Alfie Jones replaces Max Arfsten.
- 70'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Max Arfsten.
- 69'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
- 68'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 67'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Glen Kamara replaces Jake Clarke-Salter.
- 67'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Nicolas Madsen replaces Kwame Poku.
- 67'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Tariq Lamptey replaces Dennis Cirkin.
- 66'Delay in match because of an injury Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough).
- 65'Attempt blocked. Rumarn Burrell (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 62'Attempt blocked. Adilson Malanda (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tommy Conway.
- 62'Attempt blocked. Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter with a cross.
- 61'Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Pierce Charles.
- 61'Attempt saved. Tommy Conway (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Pierce Charles (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Callum Brittain.
- 60'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Adilson Malanda.
- 60'Attempt missed. Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
- 59'Attempt missed. Koki Saito (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Harvey Vale following a set piece situation.
- 58'Adilson Malanda (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58'Foul by Adilson Malanda (Middlesbrough).
- 58'Rumarn Burrell (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 58'Foul by Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough).
- 58'Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57'Attempt missed. Koki Saito (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pierce Charles.
- 55'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Myles Peart-Harris replaces Will Lankshear.
- 55'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Tommy Conway replaces Riley McGree.
- 54'Attempt missed. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 54'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Radek Vítek.
- 54'Attempt saved. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Radek Vítek (Middlesbrough). Assisted by Dennis Cirkin.
- 53'Foul by Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough).
- 53'Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 51'Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51'Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Queens Park Rangers).
- 50'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ashley Phillips.
- 50'Attempt saved. Rumarn Burrell (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Radek Vítek (Middlesbrough). Assisted by Paul Smyth with a cross.
- 49'Attempt saved. Dennis Cirkin (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Radek Vítek (Middlesbrough).
- 49'Attempt saved. Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Radek Vítek (Middlesbrough). Assisted by Rumarn Burrell.
- 48'Attempt blocked. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 48'Attempt blocked. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
- 47'Attempt saved. Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Radek Vítek (Middlesbrough). Assisted by Kwame Poku.
- 45'Second Half begins Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1.
- 45'+6'First Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1.
- 45'+3'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
- 45'+2'Attempt saved. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Pierce Charles (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
- 45'+1'Attempt missed. Ronnie Edwards (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harvey Vale with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 45'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
- 45'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'Delay in match (Middlesbrough).
- 40'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Adilson Malanda.
- 39'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Rumarn Burrell replaces Richard Kone because of an injury.
- 39'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 38'Delay in match because of an injury Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
- 38'Attempt missed. Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 37'Attempt saved. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Pierce Charles (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Riley McGree.
- 34'Attempt blocked. Neto Borges (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Joseph.
- 32'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 32'Delay in match because of an injury Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
- 29'Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Kwame Poku.
- 28'Foul by Ashley Phillips (Middlesbrough).
- 28'Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 24'Attempt missed. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 23'Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
- 23'Attempt blocked. Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
- 22'Attempt blocked. Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Vale.
- 21'Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Richard Kone is caught offside.
- 20'Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Middlesbrough 1. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
- 20'Attempt missed. Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
- 16'Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ashley Phillips.
- 14'Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Koki Saito replaces Ilias Chair because of an injury.
- 14'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 12'Delay in match because of an injury Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers).
- 12'Attempt saved. Riley McGree (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Pierce Charles (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Aidan Morris.
- 8'Attempt blocked. Riley McGree (Middlesbrough) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter with a cross.
- 5'Neto Borges (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5'Foul by Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
- 4'Attempt missed. Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ilias Chair with a cross.
- 1'Foul by Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough).
- 1'Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Commentary: ESPN
Starting line-ups
Queens Park Rangers · 4-4-2
Substitutes
Middlesbrough · 3-4-2-1
Substitutes
31Solomon BrynnSUB
Match stats
QPRMID
51.6Possession (%)48.4
16Shots16
5Shots on target6
12Corners3
3Fouls8
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
1Offsides1
5Saves5
Last 5 matches
Queens Park Rangers
LMillwall1-18 Aug 2026
W@ Portsmouth3-115 Aug 2026
DBolton Wanderers0-022 Aug 2026
W@ Blackburn Rovers2-129 Aug 2026
WCardiff City2-12 Sept 2026
Middlesbrough
WLincoln City2-115 Aug 2026
L@ Blackburn Rovers2-122 Aug 2026
W@ Doncaster Rovers3-125 Aug 2026
WWest Bromwich Albion3-129 Aug 2026
D@ Burnley1-12 Sept 2026
Head-to-head record
0
QPR
0
Draws
5
Boro
Last meetings
8 Mar 2026Queens Park Rangers0 – 4Middlesbrough
13 Dec 2025Middlesbrough3 – 1Queens Park Rangers
11 Mar 2025Middlesbrough2 – 1Queens Park Rangers
5 Nov 2024Queens Park Rangers1 – 4Middlesbrough
9 Mar 2024Queens Park Rangers0 – 2Middlesbrough
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boro | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 | WLWWD |
| 2 |  Swansea | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 | WWWLL |
| 3 |  West Ham | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 | DDWWL |
| 4 |  Wolves | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 | LLWDW |
| 5 |  West Brom | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 | LLWWD |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 | LWWDW |
| 7 |  Birmingham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 | DWWWL |
| 8 |  QPR | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 | LWDWW |
| 9 |  Stoke | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 | WWLWD |
| 10 |  Blackburn | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 | DWWLW |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 | LWWDW |
| 12 |  Sheffield Utd | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 | LWLWD |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 | DWLDL |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 | WDLLD |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 | LLLDW |
| 16 |  Cardiff | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 | WLWDW |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 | WDLWL |
| 18 |  Bolton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 | WLWDL |
| 19 |  Charlton | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 | LDDLL |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 | LLLLW |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 | LLLWL |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 | DWDLL |
| 23 |  Derby | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 | DDLLD |
| 24 |  Preston | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 | DLLLD |
Championship: upcoming fixtures
FAQ
What was the score in Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 on Saturday 5 September (Championship).
Who scored in Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough?
Goals: Will Lankshear 20'.
When do Queens Park Rangers play next?
Queens Park Rangers play Southampton on Saturday 31 October at 15:00 (UK time).
When do Middlesbrough play next?
Middlesbrough play Charlton Athletic on Saturday 31 October at 15:00 (UK time).
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