Mark O’Haire’s Sheffield United vs QPR
6/5 Bet Builder

Marti Cifuentes has now overseen 33 Championship matches as QPR boss. Only one of those fixtures featured five goals or more and just five produced a maximum of four strikes, with an average of 2.21 goals per-game across those overall outings. With Sheffield United producing a solid effort in their 2-0 opening day triumph at Preston, I’m therefore happy to use Under 4.5 Goals as a foundation for this weekend’s Bet Builder.

Preston had 12 attempts in their aforementioned reverse against the Blades without creating a big chance, but there’s hope QPR can hurt the hosts here after announcing the exciting double signing of attacking midfielders Koki Saito and Karamoko Dembele on Tuesday. The Rangers are also hoping to have Ilias Chair back in the fold to bolster their creative options, whilst the R’s come into the contest having scored in 17 of their previous 22 Championship encounters across all venues.

QPR play with plenty of width in Cifuentes’ preferred 4-2-3-1 system and the Spaniard’s approach has led to a glut of corners in Rangers’ games. The R’s forced 12 corners in their curtain-raising clash with West Brom, before winning five corners at Cambridge in the EFL Cup. The Hoops have now earned a minimum of three corners in 14 of their previous 15 matches across all competitions, as well as in 14 of their last 16 away days.