The EFL fixture list was released on Thursday with Queens Park Rangers facing a trip to Deepdale on the opening weekend.
Queens Park Rangers will kick off their 2018/19 Championship campaign at Preston North End, with new boss Steve McClaren looking to get off to a positive start.
The 57-year-old has taken over from Ian Holloway and will face a tough-looking encounter at Deepdale against Alex Neil’s side. The Lillywhites finished seventh last season after a really strong campaign, and McClaren will know they will want to start the new campaign with a bang.
QPR follow up with a home game against Sheffield United before travelling to The Hawthorns to face recently-relegated West Bromwich Albion in what certainly looks like a tough start to the new term.
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The Super Hoops will face Ipswich Town on Boxing Day for the third time since 2015 and Reading a few days after; both games being at Loftus Road which could prove vital over the festive period.
London rivals Millwall and Brentford travel to W12 in September and November in what will be the capital’s only derbies in the second tier next season. Nonetheless, QPR fans will have pencilled the dates in their diaries as Rangers look to take the bragging rights from their neighbours.
McClaren’s side finish at Sheffield Wednesday, where they won promotion in 2004, and R’s fans have certainly reminisced about it online. Here is further reaction from QPR fans after the full list was released:
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