Matchpack: QPR v West Ham

Team news, and match facts ahead of the Premier League clash between QPR and West Ham at Loftus Road.

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  Eurosport - Kevin Nolan celebrates his late goal (Reuters)

QPR are without four first-team defenders for Monday's London derby against West Ham in the Premier League. Anton Ferdinand, Jose Bosingwa and Fabio are all out with hamstring injuries and Armand Traore (leg) is also unavailable. Striker Andy Johnson is out with a long-term knee injury but midfielder Adel Taarabt could return after missing the last two games with a hamstring problem.
Midfielder Gary O'Neil says has recovered from the knee injury he sustained during Tuesday's defeat to Wigan and will be fit for West Ham's London derby against QPR on Monday. Sam Allardyce is likely to make wholesale changes from the XI that were beaten 4-1 by the Latics, although Modibo Maiga could keep his place after scoring on his second consecutive start. On-loan Liverpool striker Andy Carroll (hamstring) is unlikely to play and Jack Collison (knee) is unavailable but Yossi Benayoun could make his first start since moving back to the Hammers on loan.
MANAGER QUOTES
Mark Hughes (QPR) on the influence of Samba Diakite: "We needed to give him some game time. He's been struggling as we know but he's been really positive and is looking more like the Samba we saw last year. We're hopeful he's over the issues he had and is going to be a factor for us.”
Sam Allardyce (West Ham United): "It seems unlikely that we will be facing our former goalkeeper Rob Green at Loftus Road. I’m not privy to what has happened there, but I would only emphasise the short termism in professional football these days. This game has no patience any more, there’s no time for forward planning and future development — it’s all about month to month, game to game. With QPR having been very active in the market, expectations have been raised and with it the need for immediate results. The first game, a 5-0 defeat by Swansea, was probably one they didn’t expect. All keepers make mistakes but from the outside it looks as though somebody then told them Julio Cesar was available — they needed another keeper anyway, although they probably didn’t expect someone of his quality to be on offer — so they went for it."
MATCH FACTS
West Ham have failed to score in five of their last six visits to Loftus Road.
QPR have won six and lost none of the last eight home games against West Ham in all competitions.
West Ham have committed more fouls than any other team in the Premier League (75).
Former Hammer Bobby Zamora has scored all three of Rangers’ Premier League goals this season and from just four shots on target.
In terms of points, this is QPR’s worst ever start to a Premier League campaign with just two accrued so far after five games.
West Ham have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League away games,
The Hammers have not won any of their last eight Premier League away matches (D3 L5).
QPR have lost just one of their last eight Premier League matches at Loftus Road (W5 D2 L1).
Sam Allardyce and Mark Hughes have met 11 times as opposing coaches in the Premier League, with Allardyce winning just two (W2 D4 L5) and none of the last six (W0 D2 L4). This will be their first meeting though where one or other has not been manager of Blackburn.
Julio Cesar has made a save every 16.4 minutes so far, the most regular rate in the Premier League along with David de Gea.