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- 2′QPR, goal:1–0assist
- 9′QPR, goal:2–0assist
- 14′Swansea, yellow card:Foul
- 15′QPR, penalty goal:3–0Penalty
- 16′QPR, yellow card:
- 34′Swansea, yellow card:Foul
- 45+1′QPR, goal:4–0assist
- Half-time4 – 0
- 46′Swansea, substitution:off
- 46′Swansea, substitution:off
- 54′Swansea, yellow card:Foul
- 54′QPR, yellow card:Dissent
- 59′QPR, yellow card:Foul
- 64′Swansea, substitution:off
- 64′Swansea, substitution:off
- 72′QPR, substitution:off
- 72′QPR, substitution:off
- 72′QPR, substitution:off
- 74′Swansea, substitution:off
- 80′QPR, substitution:off
- 86′QPR, goal:5–0assist
- 87′QPR, substitution:off
- Full-time5 – 0
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Kone hat-trick fires QPR to 5-0 rout of Swansea
QPR thrashed Swansea 5-0 at Loftus Road in the Championship on matchday 12, a result that lifted them from tenth to seventh and left the visitors, who had gone into the game second, in third. The hosts effectively settled the contest inside the opening quarter of an hour.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Richard Kone struck twice in the first nine minutes, converting a Paul Smyth assist in the 2nd minute and a Kwame Poku delivery in the 9th. He completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot in the 15th minute to make it 3-0. Jimmy Dunne added a fourth in first-half stoppage time, in the 45+1 minute, meeting a Harvey Vale assist, so QPR led 4-0 at the break.
Swansea, who had lost 1-0 at home to West Ham in their previous game, never recovered. Dunne scored again in the 86th minute from a Kone assist to complete the scoring. Swansea were left with a trip to Blackburn, while QPR face Southampton away.
Oddsivio's pre-match forecast had given QPR a 25% chance of winning. QPR's next game is at Southampton in the Championship on Saturday 31 October, the same day Swansea host Blackburn.
Richard Kone scored three times and set up Dunne's second goal, earning a rating of 9.38. Jimmy Dunne scored twice, rated 9.02.
Swansea held 60% of the possession but still lost heavily, with QPR's 12 shots to 8 producing five goals.
QPR beat Swansea 5–0 (half-time 4–0).
QPR met Swansea in the Championship (Regular Season - 12). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 14:00 UTC at Loftus Road. Referee: Sam Allison.
Team pages: QPR · Swansea · Championship
Key moments
- 2' Goal: Richard Kone (assist: Paul Smyth) — 1–0
- 9' Goal: Richard Kone (assist: Kwame Poku) — 2–0
- 15' Goal (penalty): Richard Kone — 3–0
- 45+1' Goal: Jimmy Dunne (assist: Harvey Vale) — 4–0
- 86' Goal: Jimmy Dunne (assist: Richard Kone) — 5–0
Starting line-ups
QPR (4-4-2)
Swansea (4-1-4-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave QPR 25%, the draw 32%, Swansea 43%. It finished QPR 5–0 Swansea.
Swansea's stronger rating gives them a slight edge — We give Swansea 43% mainly because our strength rating puts them 94 points higher, 1495 to 1401, and their habit of controlling the ball adds a little more. The draw sits at 32%, up from a usual 28% for a gap this size, mostly because both sides' recent games have been low-scoring, averaging 2.2 goals.
Why Swansea at 43%?
Swansea sit 94 points higher on our strength rating — 1495 to 1401. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,788 such games. Swansea hold 11 more possession points (60 to 49 in recent games) across a 94-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.6% of 9,292 such games where the class table expected 40.5%. Swansea sit -0.34 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.5% of 2,932 such games where the class table expected 35.6%. The 300 most similar past games finished 36–29–35.
Why only 43%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 43% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 32% and QPR at 25%.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the QPR win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 2.2 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 19,769. The goals environment adds 3.2 points to the draw. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Swansea have gained 65 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 40.0% of 11,927 such games vs 40.6% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Out: Amadou Mbengue and Nicolas Madsen, important players, and Rumarn Burrell, a rotation player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
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On this page: the QPR vs Swansea final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Championship fixture.
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