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QPR travel to Everton on Monday having lost every single away game that they have played this season. The Toffees are also in need of a win, having not tasted victory in three matches.
Several players could be returning from injury for Roberto Martinez’s side. John Stones, Steven Naismith, James McCarthy, and Darron Gibson could all possibly be back in time for the match. However, Christian Atsu has been ruled out with the hamstring problem that he picked up against Krasnodar in mid-week, and Gareth Barry is suspended after receiving too many yellow cards.
Although they tend to play poorly after Europa League matches, this may not affect the Blues this time as up to eleven changes are expected to be made to the starting XI from their game on Thursday.
Meanwhile Queens Park Rangers will be hoping that Steven Caulker is able to make the match after injuring his head at the club Christmas party. Alejandro Faurlin, Sandro, and Adel Taarabt continue out of the side, while top scorer Charlie Austin is suspended for the match. He will be a big miss, as the rest of the team have been finding it hard to hit the back of the net. They will be trying to get their first points away from home this season without the forward.
Referee N Swarbrick - This season G7, Y35, R1, 5.43 cards per game
Possible Teams:
Everton
Subs from Robles, Stones, Naismith, Gibson, Eto’o, Pienaar, Osman, Hibbert, Garbutt, Browning, Koné, Oviedo, Alcaraz
Doubtful Gibson (knee), McCarthy, Naismith (both hamstring), Stones (ankle)
Injured Atsu (hamstring)
Suspended Barry (one match)
Form DDWLDL
Discipline Y27 R0
Leading scorer Lukaku 6
Queens Park Rangers
Subs from McCarthy, Murphy, Hill, Ferdinand, Traoré, Onuoha, Mutch, Hoilett, Wright-Phillips, Phillips
Doubtful Caulker (head)
Injured Faurlín (knee, Aug), Sandro (knee, Jan), Taarabt (groin, Jan)
Suspended Austin (one match)
Form LDLWLW
Discipline Y24 R1
Leading scorer Austin 8
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
QPR have won on three of their six Premier League visits to Goodison Park, including a 5-3 victory in April 1993 when Les Ferdinand scored a 13-minute hat-trick.
The Toffees have managed just three wins in their 12 Premier League meetings with QPR.
Everton beat QPR 4-0 at Goodison Park in the FA Cup third round in January.
Everton
Everton have won just six points from their last six Premier League matches (W1 D3 L2).
The Toffees have won only two of their last eight Premier League games at Goodison Park (W2 D3 L3).
According to Opta, Everton have made more errors leading directly to goals than any other team in the Premier League this season (eight).
QPR
QPR have won two of their last three games but have lost all seven Premier League away games this season, scoring just two goals. They are only the second Premier League team after Bolton (who lost their first nine in 1995-96) to lose their first seven away matches in a season.
The Hoops have allowed their opponents more shots on target against them than any other team in the Premier League this season (86).
Rob Green has been forced into a save on average every 23 minutes which is a more regular rate than any other goalkeeper this season.
Half of QPR's 16 league goals this season have come from Austin. He is the only player to have scored a goal away from Loftus Road.