Championship

STEPHAN SALUTES POSITIVE DISPLAY

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 March 2026

REWARD: Stephan

A RUN of three wins in 15 matches since beating Leicester 4-1in the reverse fixture in December had left QPR in danger of being dragged from within a single point of the play-offs into an unlikely relegation fight.
But a fifth win in their past nine visits to the King Power Stadium gave them a first league double over Leicester since their Championship title-winning season of 2010-11, and with it an 11-point buffer over the bottom three.
Hoops head coach Julien Stephan believes it was “important mentally” to break the recent bad run and do this by pla...

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