QPR v Millwall
League Cup
QPR have been knocked out in the first round of the League Cup in 4 of the last 6 seasons.
We've only been past the third round twice this century.
We've faced Millwall 3 times in the League Cup. A two-legged tie in 1987 saw us win 2-1 at home before drawing 0-0 away.
We met again in 1993 thrashing the South Londeners 3-0 thanks to goals from Sinclair, Barker and Ferdinand
We have been eliminated from 7 of their last 8 League Cup ties against teams from London. The one win came on penalties against Leyton Orient.
QPR v Millwall
If a team has the lead at half-time, history suggests they won't lose the game.
Only once in this fixture has a team come from behind at half time to win, which was back in 2021 when QPR came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Loftus Road.
Our biggest win over Millwall was 6-1 in the 1921/22 and 1965/66 seasons
Expect a tight game, only twice in the last 14 meetings at Loftus Road has this fixture been won by more than a single goal with QPR winning 2-0 in 2018 and 2024.
Archie Mitchell has made the most appearances against Millwall, playing 30 times against them.
Cyril Hatton has scored the most goals for QPR against Millwall with 7 goals.
Of the current squad Ilias Chair has the most appearances against them scoring 2 goals in 11 games in this fixture.
Ted Vizzard has the best managerial record against Millwall winning 8 of his 10 games against them
Bob Hunter has the best managerial record for Millwall against QPR winning 10 of his 25 games against us
Jake Cooper has the most Millwall appearances against us playing 17 times in this fixture.
QPR v Alex Neil
Alex Neil has a good record against QPR winning 8 of his 16 games against us.
We haven't beaten Milwall in the meetings since Alex Neil took charge.
We've won 3 of the 8 home games against Alex Neil and have won just 2 of the last 9 games against Alex Neil's teams. The last win coming in a 4-2 win over Stoke in 2023.
Referee
Manchester official Matt Donohue is in the man in the middle for this one.
He has refereed QPR 15 times with Rangers winning 7, drawing 5 and losing just 3 times.
We've lost just one of the last 11 games he has taken charge of (0-2 at Leeds), winning six of them.
He had dished out 3 red cards in his time, 1 for QPR (Todd Kane) and 2 for Opposition players (George Moncur and Liam Lindsay)
Donohue has given out 28 yellow cards in QPR fixtures and has never awarded a penalty.
See below for more stats on QPR v Millwall as well as a link to the Loft For Words History Column
and video links to highlights from previous meetings between the two teams.
