Watford FC 1, Queens Park Rangers FC 2

LONDON (Interstat) — Queens Park Rangers opened its English Football League Championship season with a 2-1 comeback victory over Watford at a rain-swept MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium on Friday, defying pregame projections in a match marred by disciplinary issues. The visitors, Watford, entered as slight favorites according to statistical models but left with nothing after a second-half surge from the hosts. Interstat’s pregame simulation had predicted a 1-1 draw, while its ELO system gave Watford a 50.60 percent probability of winning. The first half was a tense, fragmented affair, with three yellow cards issued in a seven-minute span. Watford’s Edoardo… Read more...