Match Preview: QPR v Aston Villa

Who are we playing?

QPR on Monday 27th October 

Where are we playing?
Loftus Road Stadium, South Africa Rd, London W12 7PJ

Can I go?
Last we heard, there were a few restricted view seats available at extortionate prices in one of the crappiest grounds in the Premier League.

Pub

Easy to get to?
Nearest tube is White City but if you fancy a bit of a pub crawl jump off at Shepherds Bush. If you prefer mooching round the shops to hurling ale down your neck then there's a mahoosive Westfield Shopping Centre.

Can I watch it on telly?

Sky Sports Monday Night Football no less. If you've not got a Sky Sports subscription and don't fancy watching it down the pub, you can get a day pass on NOW TV.

Big game?

Huge.

Like the deserts miss the rain..

Villa's half decent start seems like a distant memory now. While you can point at the quality at the opposition for some recent defeats, even Paul "I thought they were excellent" Lambert wasn't happy with the showing up at Goodison.

We badly missed Delph, Richardson looked far less effective having to backfill for him, Vlaar and Benteke looked shadows of their former selves and -quel surprise- Nathan Baker picked up an injury. Not sure what N'zogbia was supposed to be doing but he didn't seem to be doing it.

QPR have been pretty abysmal of late but the green shoots of recovery were evident in a match against Liverpool which they had ample opportunity to win.

The losing manager of this one will find themselves under intense pressure.

Spot the QPR fan

Do QPR have any famous fans?

We believe that Ade Edmondson - star of such comedy greats as Filthy Rich and Catflap, Holby City and Ade Wanders Around The Countryside chatting to eccentrics for ITV (or whatever it's called) is a Rangers fan.

David "Kid" Jensen used to be one but is rumoured to have buggered off to Crystal Palace, which is really bad form. Mind you, other 70s DJs have committed worse crimes.

We've got fiddle playing scruffbox Nigel Kennedy.

So we win.

Who's playing for us?

Hopefully Big Chris will get a bit more of the ball, even if he is manacled by Richard Dunne. Given that things didn't really work out midfield-wise up at Everton, we'd hope that Carlos Sanchez could be trusted to come in to the reckoning here.

We are hoping that Phil Senderos is fit enough to relieve Ciaran Clark, if only for the sake of our stomach ulcers. 

Hey Fatty Bum Bum

Who's playing for them?

Adel Taarabt and Redknapp had a public falling out this week when the QPR boss accused the Moroccan of being a bit of a porker.

Defender Nedum Onuoha might shake off a hamstring problem picked up in the Liverpool game while midfielders Joey Barton and Jordon Mutch may be fit enough for consideration. but Alejandro Faurlin (buggered up knee) is a long-term injury absentee.

Any useless stats?

Billy Walker

Of course, here you go:

• QPR have beaten us 22 times while we  have 18 wins. There have been 12 draws

• Our last win at Goodison was back in November 1991. A solitary Dwight Yorke goal settled the encounter.

• Our first ever encounter with QPR was in January 1920 in the FA Cup. We ran out 2-1 winners thanks to a brace from Billy Walker on his Villa debut.

Prediction

Being wildly optimistic here and hoping we can stay solid at the back and pinch it by the odd goal