West Ham United host Queens Park Rangers in the Championship this Friday night, so join us for our West Ham vs QPR preview, which features the score prediction, team news, and predicted lineups.
West Ham vs. QPR preview
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When is the kick-off? Friday, October 9, 2026
What time is kick-off? 8:00 pm (BST)
Where is it played? London Stadium
TV channel / live stream? For UK viewers, the match will be on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football, and Sky Sports Ultra HD. Fans in the United States can watch the game on Paramount+.
West Ham team news
Mohamadou Kante will be suspended following his red card against Millwall. Tomas Soucek and Joel Veltman should be back after playing in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Wycombe Wanderers over the international break.
Solomon did suffer a back injury and illness whilst on international duty. This limited him to just a substitute appearance in Israel's final Nations League fixture. Dinos Mavropanos was also forced off in Greece's second fixture against Germany. However, he said the issue was not serious. Mavropanos should be fine to face QPR, but Solomon playing may be in doubt. Edvin Austbø could come in for the Israeli international.
QPR team news
Harvey Vale and Justin Obikwu are two QPR players whose seasons have been hampered by injuries this campaign. Dennis Cirkin will also be suspended, as he was sent off in QPR's last game.
West Ham vs. QPR lineups
Predicted West Ham lineup vs. QPR: Hermansen; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Morato; Bowen, Mukasa, Engels, Austbø; Castelanos, Pablo
Predicted QPR lineup vs. West Ham: Charles; Mbengue, Dunne, Edwards, Adamson; Varane, Kamara, Madsen, Poku, Saito, Burrell
West Ham vs. QPR prediction
West Ham could only draw with Millwall in their last game before the international break. However, they were in great form before that, with four league wins on the bounce. QPR have drawn their last three Championship games.
It is difficult to predict as both sides have not been in action for a while due to the internationals. However, I expect that West Ham will win with home advantage and the fact that they have played well recently, apart from the derby against Millwall. Therefore, I am going to go for a 2-1 win for the Hammers.
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