West Brom vs QPR Prediction: Rumarn Burrell is the ghost of fixtures past

West Bromwich Albion look to stop the rot this Monday, December 29 (19:45 GMT) when they welcome Queens Park Rangers to the Hawthorns. These sides played out a 3-1 home win at Loftus Road earlier this month, with a brace from Hoops striker Rumarn Burrell proving the difference.

QPR harbour play-off ambitions, sitting just a point off sixth-placed Bristol City and only three short of Ipswich Town in third. For West Brom, a run of four defeats in their last five has them sliding into 16th. Read on for my West Brom vs QPR predictions including the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Baggies boss Ryan Mason has a sizable list of absentees to contend with. Midfielder Krystian Belik pulled up in the defeat to Hull City. In the same game, Alfie Gilchrist was sent off and he is suspended for the visit of QPR.

Football Odds

West Brom are also without Jayson Molumby until the end of January. He is joined on the sidelines by Tammer Bany and captain Jed Wallace.

QPR may have to do without Ilias Chair. The injury-plagued midfielder has been out since the reverse fixture on December 6. Another player who has suffered a series of setbacks is Rayan Kolli, who won’t be back until next month.

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West Brom vs QPR Odds

Albion are 11/10 to take all three points and the Hawthorns. The stalemate is marketed at 23/10 while QPR are a 5/2 shot.

Rumarn Burrell anytime goalscorer @ 21/10

Rangers’ leading marksman Burrell filled his boots against West Brom earlier this month. That brace in a 3-1 QPR victory represents the last time Burrell actually scored, having gone goalless in four subsequent games.

If ever there was a time for the Championships joint-sixth most prolific goalscorer this season to find the net, it is against a familiar foe. Burrell knows his way through the Baggies’ defence and he can find the gaps again.

Both Teams To Score @ 4/5

Queens Park Rangers have been involved in games where both sides found the net in each of their last six outings. The last time they kept a clean sheet was last month in a 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers. In the fixture before that trip to Ewood Park, the Hoops contested a 3-2 won over Hull City.

West Brom have scored in eight of their last 10 outings. While they have looked effective going forward, a record of 18 goals conceded during that same run of fixtures speaks to defensive frailties. I expect the goals to flow in this post-festive face-off.

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