QPR v Cardiff. Preview

Last updated : 16 April 2010 By BBC Sport

Cardiff City captain Mark Hudson (ankle) is back in full training and available for the trip to west London.

Michael Chopra (neck), Joe Ledley (hamstring) and Kelvin Etuhu (calf) have recovered from minor injuries.

MATCH PREVIEW

A victory for Cardiff City on Saturday would seal their play-off place and leave Neil Warnock's Queens Park Rangers side still not mathematically safe from relegation.

Mention the play-offs to either set of fans and they will immediately recall Cardiff's dramatic win against Rangers at the Millennium Stadium in 2003, which clinched promotion to the second tier.

But more recently, the Bluebirds have not fared well against Rangers, who have taken seven points from the last three league meetings between these clubs and kept clean sheets in all three games.

Only West Brom have scored more away goals this season than Cardiff, but Loftus Road has generally not been a happy hunting ground for them. City have lost on 13 of their last 17 league visits, and failed to score in nine of their last 12 games there.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• QPR, who won at Cardiff in September, are vying to complete a second league double over the Welsh club in four seasons.

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• Cardiff's only points in five visits to Loftus Road came from a 2-0 victory in August 2007.

Queens Park Rangers

• QPR have drawn their last three matches at Loftus Road 1-1, and are undefeated in six at home.

• They have lost one of their last six league outings, winning one and drawing four.

• No team has kept fewer clean sheets in Championship matches this season than Rangers, who have managed a mere five.

• If on the field at the outset, Lee Cook will be making his 200th league start.

Cardiff

• Cardiff have drawn their last two matches 0-0 and are unbeaten in eight league games (W5, D3).

• They have hit the woodwork an unrivalled 27 times in Championship games this season.

• They have opened the scoring in 25 Championship games. Only Newcastle have done so more often (in 27 matches).

MOST RECENT MEETING

Cardiff 0-2 QPR (19 September 2009)

QPR scorer: Simpson 19, 40.

Source: BBC Sport

Source: BBC Sport