Betting Preview: Queens Park Rangers vs. Leicester City

The Foxes travel to London on the back of a goalless draw with Sunderland while the Rs returned from Newcastle empty-handed last weekend, suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat to Alan Pardew’s men.
Such is the tightness of the bottom half of the league, a win for Nigel Pearson’s men, who currently sit third from bottom, could propel them to as high as 13th, while all three points for QPR would also see them boost their chances for Premier League survival.
Every City fan will look back on last season’s trip to Loftus Road with fondness. A solitary strike from Jamie Vardy secured a 1-0 win in London, but it was the aftermath of that result which went a long way to helping secure promotion to England’s top flight.
After beating then table-topping QPR, the Blue Army went on to register a Club record-breaking nine consecutive league wins, and stormed to the Sky Bet Championship title.

The hosts are favourites for the win at 5/4 while a victory for Leicester is offered at 9/4. And Sky Bet price a first draw between the two clubs since September 2007 at 23/10.
The last three fixtures between City and QPR have finished 1-0. Therefore, a 1-0 Rs win sits at 13/2 while an away win by the same score line is found at 17/2.
For a carbon copy of Leicester’s result at Loftus Road last year – a 1-0 win courtesy of Vardy – is offered by Sky Bet at favourable odds of 40/1.
You have to look back to January 1978 to find the last time these two sides both failed to score against each other. Sky Bet price a goalless draw for tomorrow’s clash at 9/1.
On the goalscoring front, Charlie Austin has started the 2014/15 season well for his side, netting six times in 11 league appearances including a brace against Aston Villa in October.
The former Burnley man is 4/1 to open or close the scoring, evens to score in 90 minutes and 5/1 to score a double, while a first hat-trick in two years for the striker is priced at 25/1.
Meanwhile, top-scoring Fox Ulloa, who has five goals in 12 Premier League games, is at slightly better odds for the same bets.
The Argentine is 6/1 first or last scorer, 7/4 anytime and 10/1 for his second brace of the season – the hat-trick out at 50/1.