James Buttler finds the best bet in Friday evening's Championship clash between Queens Park Rangers and Derby County.
QPR need a change in momentum if their hopes of a playoff place are to remain alive this season. A 1-0 defeat at Coventry on Wednesday evening was their third loss in four Championship matches and sees them in 13th place and six points adrift of sixth position.
So Rangers need to start winning again and the visit of Derby County may provide that opportunity. Derby have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last 11 matches and conceded the first goal of the game in their last nine.
The Rams are down in 21st, one place above the relegation zone on goal difference thanks to successive draws away to Norwich and at home to Oxford on Wednesday. The two points those draws secured did at least end a run of seven straight defeats. But the Rams have picked up only three draws and three points in their last eight away league matches and QPR have won six of their last seven games played at Loftus Road – their home form has been excellent.
It’s tough to see Derby returning home on Friday evening with anything to boast about and that makes the odds against price of 5/4 on a QPR win a standout price in this game.