Queens Park Rangers - Birmingham City: Value to be found in opposing away goals

On Saturday, Queens Park Rangers host Birmingham City at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium (Loftus Road) and I believe that betting on the visitors scoring few goals is quite favourable.

Queens Park Rangers

The Superhoops have had a decent start to the season, collecting 6 points from 5 games which is close to the 1.26 points per game earning them a 13th spot last season.

Statistics

Only Watford have conceded fewer shots than QPR so far in the Championship this season, QPR conceding on average 8.80 shots per game.
No other team have conceded fewer shots on target than QPR so far in the Championship this season, the Hammersmith and Fulham club conceding on average 1.80 shots on target per game.

Birmingham City

The Blues are off to a solid but not very spectacular start to the new season, amassing 6 points from 6 games which is a slightly lower average than the 1.08 points per game that saw them beat the drop zone by 2 points last season.

Forward Lukas Jutkiewicz is struggling with illness and attacking midfielder Jon Toral is unavailable due to a groin problem; both missed the mid-week game against Norwich.
Steady midfield engine Adam Clayton received a red card in the mid-week clash against Norwich and will miss the game on Saturday (Clayton has made, by quite some margin, the most passes per game in Birmingham so far this season and has also one of the highest pass success percentage in the squad).

Statistics

Only Reading, Wycombe and QPR have created fewer shots than Birmingham so far in the Championship this season, Birmingham creating on average 9.60 shots per game.
Only 6 teams have created marginally fewer shots on target than Birmingham so far in the Championship this season, the West Midlands outfit creating on average 2.80 shots on target per game.

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Conclusion & Betting Tips

No other team have conceded fewer shots on target than QPR so far this season.
Only a few teams have created marginally fewer shots and shots on target than Birmingham so far this season, the Blues most likely also missing two or three key players in midfield and attack on Saturday.
My Betting Tip is Total Goals by Birmingham City: Under 0.5.
Stake at 5/10 units.

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