Birmingham travel to west London for their next Championship encounter as they take on QPR at Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon.

Both sides are currently struggling in the bottom half of the table, and have identical records going into the game.

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The game is being shown live in play from Loftus Stadium with Bet365.

That comprises just one win each from their first six matches.

LONDON, ENGLAND – QPR fans at Loftus Road, Pic Credit ©/123rf

The pair have drawn three and lost their other two matches, leaving them on six points.

The clubs are also level on goal difference, with their -1 total proving to be a slight worry at this early stage of the season.

QPR have been given odds of 6/4 to win on Saturday, with Birmingham available at 2/1.

A draw can be backed at 12/5.

The sides played out a 2-2 draw in this meeting last season, with QPR winning 2-0 at St Andrew’s.

It’s currently 15/1 for another 2-2 stalemate, and 11/1 for the hosts to win 2-0.

QPR summer signing Lyndon Dykes has enjoyed a good start to life at his new club. The Scotland international already has two in his debut campaign.

He has also added to his goals tally this season with a match-winning strike for Scotland in their 1-0 Nations League win over Slovakia.

Dykes has been given odds of 11/2 to open the scoring.

Birmingham’s Jeremie Bela also has two Championship goals to his name this season. He can be backed at 10/1 to score the opening goal of the game on Saturday afternoon.

Macauley Bonne and Jutkiewicz have both been given odds of 6/1 to score first.

Also in contention to break the deadlock are Scott Hogan and Albert Adomah. The former is currently 13/2 to open the scoring, with the latter available at 11/1.

Both teams to score has been given odds of 10/11.

Both sides are winless in five, having picked up their only victory of the campaign on the same weekend.

Those wins came on September 12th, with Birmingham edging past Brentford 1-0 and QPR defeating Nottingham Forest 2-0.

It looks to be an intriguing affair in west London on Saturday, with Mark Warburton and Aitor Karanka both desperate for points at this early stage.