QPR v Tottenham: match preview

Chris Ramsey will take pride from seeing so many of the players he coached as youngsters now performing well in Tottenham’s senior team but will also hope that Ryan Mason, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend and Harry Kane have off-days at Loftus Road. The apparent revival of Aston Villa under Ramsey’s former colleague Tim Sherwood increases the difficulty of the task facing Queens Park Rangers as they try to escape relegation. Much could depend on which of the top flight’s leading English scorers gets the better service: Ramsey has Charlie Austin but Spurs will be confident Kane will prevail. Paul Doyle

Kick-off Saturday 3pm

Venue Loftus Road

Referee C Pawson

This season G17, Y58, R6, 3.8 cards per game

Odds H 19-5 A 4-5 D 3-1

QPR v Tottenham: probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Guardian

QPR

Subs from McCarthy, Murphy, Hill, Ferdinand, Furlong, Wright-Phillips, Isla, Doughty, Kranjcar, Vargas, Zárate

Doubtful Zamora (hip), Onuoha (cut face), Isla (knee), Furlong (calf), Sandro (match fitness)

Injured Taarabt (groin, Apr), Fer (knee, Apr), Dunne (knee, May), Faurlín (knee, Aug)

Suspended Barton (second of three)

Form LLWLLL

Discipline Y53 R2

Leading scorer Austin 15

Tottenham Hotspur

Subs from Vorm, Friedel, Yedlin, Chiriches, Fazio, Kaboul, Davies, Stambouli, Capoue, Dembélé, Paulinho, Lamela, Ceballos, Adebayor, Soldado

Doubtful None

Injured None

Suspended None

Form WLLDDL

Discipline Y56 R3

Leading scorer Kane 14