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Southampton v QPR

theguardian 

Will the curse of the second-placed team strike again Swansea and Aston Villa have been there this season and then blinked in the headlights. Southampton, however, will fancy their chances of staying close to Chelsea. Ronald Koemans side won at Arsenal in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday and have conceded only three league goals while QPR have not scored away from home this season. Conrad Leach

Kick-off Saturday 3pm

Venue St Marys Stadium

Last season n/a

Referee M Clattenburg

This season G5, Y21, R1, 4.60 cards per game

Odds H 7-15 A 8-1 D 18-5

Southampton v Queens Park Rangers
Southampton v Queens Park Rangers: probable starters in bold, contenders in light.
Southampton



Subs from Boruc, K Davis, Gazzaniga, Gardos, S Davis, Wanyama, Mayuka, Isgrove, Alderweireld, Reed, Gallagher

Doubtful Alderweireld (hamstring), Gallagher (knee), Isgrove (knee), Yoshida (ankle)

Injured Rodriguez (knee, Dec), Ward-Prowse (foot, Dec)

Suspended None

Form LDWWW

Discipline Y4 R0

Leading scorers Pellè, Schneiderlin 3

Queens Park Rangers

Subs from McCarthy, Murphy, Traoré, Wright-Phillips, Yun, Dunne, Vargas, Zamora, Taarabt,Doughty, Harriman

Doubtful Kranjcar (ankle), Taarabt (ankle)

Injured Sandro (knee, 4 Oct), Barton (hamstring, 18 Aug), Mutch (hamstring, 18 Aug), Faurlín (May)

Suspended None

Form LLWLD

Discipline Y3 R0

Leading scorers Austin, Caulker, Kranjcar 1