Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

The third round of the EFL Cup has brought with it an intriguing London derby as Championship outfit Queens Park Rangers host a Crystal Palace side slowly clicking into gear this season.

The R’s head into this encounter on the back of a 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday - in which they equalised in the 96th minute after going behind in the 93rd - while the Eagles also shared the spoils last time out, coming from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Leicester.

How to watch Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace and TV channel

Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace will be available to watch live in the UK and will be broadcast on Sky Sports+.

Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace kick-off time, date and venue

Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace will take place at Loftus Road in London on Tuesday 17th September 2024, with kick-off set for 19:45 BST.

Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

While QPR may be a division below their Tuesday-night opponents, they do boast the superior head-to-head record, winning 38 of 99 previous meetings, with Crystal Palace coming out on top on 31 occasions.

The last head-to-head between the two sides came during the 2014/15 Premier League season when the Eagles ran out 3-1 winners at Selhurst Park thanks to goals from Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur and Joel Ward, with a late stunner from Matt Phillips offering little more than consolation for the R’s.

Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace head-to-head record (H2H)

Queens Park Rangers wins	38
Draws	30
Crystal Palace wins	31

* H2H stats refer to all competitions

Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace team news

Queens Park Rangers team news

Marti Cifuentes is likely to be without Sam Field after the midfielder was forced off injured in their weekend draw at Sheffield Wednesday, while Ilias Chair is also unlikely to feature as he struggles to shake off a back problem.

Crystal Palace team news

Oliver Glasner has a trio of injured players expected to miss out on this cup tie in the form of Trevoh Chalobah, Chadi Riad and Matheus Franca.

The likes of Daichi Kamada and Eberechi Eze both starred for the Eagles in their 4-0 win over Norwich in the previous round and both could be in line to start on Tuesday.