QPR vs Leicester predictions: Flying Foxes set for another win
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Enzo Maresca's Leicester are top of the Championship and are unstoppable at the moment
Enzo Maresca's Leicester are top of the Championship and are unstoppable at the moment

- Leicester have won 12 of their 13 league games so far 
- QPR are in the relegation zone 
- Recommended bet: Leicester to win to zero

Championship leaders Leicester are expected to make it nine league wins on the bounce when they travel to struggling QPR.

The Foxes have been fantastic following their relegation down to the second tier and they look every inch automatic promotion candidates after winning 12 of their first 13 games.

A trip to woefully out-of-form QPR should not hold too many fears for Enzo Maresca's side and another comfortable success on the road looks likely.

Team news

Defender Jake Clarke-Salter was forced off through injury at half-time in the R's 2-0 defeat at West Brom and is unlikely to be fit to face the leaders.

Jimmy Dunne is suspended for the hosts after being sent off against the Baggies, but fellow defender Steve Cook could return after recovering from a recent knock.

Wilfred Ndidi missed Leicester's win over Sunderland with what boss Maresca said was "a small problem", so the hope is he will return for Saturday's clash.

Callum Doyle and Denis Praet are unlikely to be fit for the Foxes until next month due to respective knee and back injuries.

Gareth Ainsworth's side face a tough challenge against leaders Leicester
Gareth Ainsworth's side face a tough challenge against leaders Leicester

The stats

Leicester's 1-0 win over Sunderland on Tuesday was their fourth successive home victory without conceding a goal — the first time they have achieved the feat since 1973.

Saturday's 3-1 victory at Swansea meant Leicester became the first side in the history of the English second tier to win their first six away league games of a season.

QPR have not won any of their last eight league games and are on a five-game losing streak in the Championship.

The two sides last met in a competitive fixture in the Premier League in May 2015, when Leicester won 5-1 at the King Power Stadium.

Prediction

Leicester's brilliant start to the season has seen them pick up 36 points from a possible 39, with the only blemish being a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Hull at the start of September.

The Foxes have scored 27 goals already and also have the best defensive record in the division, conceding just seven goals so far.

Those stats only serve to further enhance the feeling they could end up running away with things at the top of the table if they maintain their flying form into the winter.

Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall, who has got five goals and five assists, has been superb, while the likes of Leif Davis, who has also weighed in with five assists, and Jannik Vestergaard have been among their other stand-out performers.

Of their 12 league wins, six have been to zero and an away win and another clean sheet looks to be on the cards when they face a Rangers outfit who have lost their last five games, failing to score in three of them.

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