QPR and Millwall meet at Loftus Road in one of five all-Championship ties in round one of the EFL Cup and the only London derby.
The Lions make the short hop across the capital just under three months after their play-off semi-final defeat to Hull City.
Rangers, meanwhile, will be keen to get their season off to a flier to quickly erase the memories of an underwhelming 2025/26 and secure a place in round two of the EFL Cup.
Queens Park Rangers v Millwall Tips Summary
Best Bet - QPR to qualify @ 21/20
Alternative Bet - Rumarn Burrell anytime scorer @ 21/10
Bet Builder - Over 9 corners, Amadou Mbengue to be booked & QPR to win either half @ 14/1
Queens Park Rangers v Millwall Prediction
Best Bet: QPR to qualify @ 21/20
The 2025/26 formbook says Millwall should enjoy a successful return to Loftus Road, where they won last October.
However, recent form give us little to work with, other than Rangers have enjoyed the more successful pre-season and might be going slightly under-rated here.
This is the last pre-season sparring match before the Championship kicks off next week, so with two teams still trying to find their feet and bed in a lot of new players, take the outsiders to make home advantage count and come through.
Alternative Bet: Rumarn Burrell anytime scorer @ 21/10
Despite missing three months of the season, Hoops' frontman Rumarn Burrell still managed to be his side's joint top scorer with 10 goals in the Championship.
The 25-year-old Jamaica international starts this season fit and firing and is nicely priced at 21/10 to find the net at any time.
Queens Park Rangers vs Millwall Bet Builder Tip
Over 9 corners
Amadou Mbengue to be booked
QPR to win either half
Pays 14/1
The two fixtures between these sides last season in the Championship produced 11 and 16 corners.
These are early days in the season, but both sides should be positive, so make over nine corners the first leg of your Loftus Road Bet Builder.
Amadou Mbengue clocked up 14 yellows and a red last term, deserving either admiration if you tended towards betting on his indiscipline, or disapproval if you are an R's fan.
Either way, the stats are clear enough and take a chance on the Senegal hardman getting himself booked once again.
Finally, take Rangers to win either half. They were positive, even during a fairly ordinary season, winning either half 21 times in 46 games, including in their 2-1 home loss to the Lions.
This is probably the ideal time to be taking on the visitors and Rangers can get some joy from this fixture.
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Key Match Stats
Millwall did the double over QPR last season, winning 2-1 at Loftus Road in October and 2-0 at The Den in April
Rangers might have lost both showdowns with the Lions last term, yet they won 18 corners over the two matches compared to Millwall's nine
QPR have been knocked out in round one of the EFL Cup in four of the past six seasons
The Hoops signed off last season with just one clean sheet in their last 15 games and ended up with the second worst defensive record in the Championship, shipping 73 goals
Millwall finished last season on a run of 10 unbeaten on their travels, winning six and drawing the other four
Julian Stephan's R's were unbeaten in pre-season, reeling off five straight wins, including a 3-2 victory over Fiorentina
Millwall signed off pre-season with a 1-0 win over Royal Antwerp - just their second triumph of the summer
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