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Match insight

This one reads as tight on the numbers — Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City are separated by next to nothing in the current standings. Queens Park Rangers currently sit 3 places and 1 point above Stoke City in the table — 5th against 8th. Queens Park Rangers have taken 7 points from their last 5, against 10 for Stoke City over the same stretch. Worth flagging: Stoke City sit well ahead of what our metrics imply, roughly 5 places above their underlying-strength rank.