QPR at Luton this Saturday - Parkin out

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QPR travel to Luton on Saturday. Luton last won on Septembe 21 (5-1 vs Leeds) and since have lost their last three League Games + a cup game. On Saturday, definitely out: Goalie, Marlon Beresford suspended and Sam Parkin, injured. Goalscorer Rowan Vine is supposedly doubtful. (For one definite absentee for QPR: e Lomas out suspended) Luton are currently 12th with 22 points. QPR are 19th with 18 points. Luton's Home Form: Won 4; drawn 3 lost 1: Scored 17. Conceded 11.
QPR's Away Form: Won 1; drawn 3 lost 3: Scored 10. Conceded 13.
(Current League Table)

QPR Team News Update - QPR Official Site
...The long term absentees of Adam Czerkas and Paul Furlong are both still progressing,but neither will be returning to action any time soon.
Czerkas, who hasn't figured since the Carling Cup tie with Port Vale, is now running but it will still be a while before he regains his match fitness.
Paul Furlong is a similar story with the front man still taking part in his 'pre-season' after suffering a thigh strain and several 'niggles' thereafter.
Ray Jones and Matthew Hislop, suffering from hip and hamstring problems respectively, are both also on the comeback trail and are still working on their fitness levels.
Pat Kanyuka is showing encouraging signs after injuring his hamstring and is back running and pain free already.
Goalkeeper Jake Cole will be having further x-rays on his fractured thumb next week and if all is well, will be taking part in some light goalkeeing sessions.
Martin Rowlands and Marc Bircham are both back training and are making progress after both missing the Crystal Palace game.
One man who will definitely not figure is Steve Lomas, who accumulated his fifth booking last Saturday and will now miss tomorrow's fixture.
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Luton Manager Mike Newell was in an upbeat mood looking ahead to Saturday's clash with London rivals Queens Park Rangers, despite the loss of his senior goalkeeper Marlon Beresford, who will be serving a one match suspension after being sent off at Preston last week.
The Hatters boss insists that his side is capable of bouncing back from their recent run of bad results.
Newell said: "We've lost three league games in a row before. We had it a couple of years ago in the year we went up, and we got over it. And we'll get over this.
"We know that the players are capable of winning games and we know we're capable of scoring goals, so there are no panic buttons being pushed."
With the next two Championship matches to be played at Kenilworth Road, Newell is aware that his side have a very good opportunity to put things right sooner rather than later.
"We've won a lot of games here. We've played a lot of decent sides this season and we've only lost the one against Burnley.
"It would be some ask to get through a season without losing a home game."
Number two goalkeeper Dean Brill is set to start his first game of the season, and Newell has been forced to recall Zac Barrett from his loan spell at Kettering Town to provide cover.
The Manager has every confidence that Brill can step in a do a good job for his team mates.
Newell said: "He's been patient and he's been in there before. We've got high hopes of him for the future and we've got no qualms about throwing him in."
Lewis Emanuel has been back in training this week and will be available for selection, with Peter Holmes or Dean Morgan likely to make way.
There could be bad news for Hatters top scorer Rowan Vine, however, as he has missed training this week due to a knock he received at Preston last week. Vine is currently rated as doubtful.
"Rowan's not been training so we're hopeful that he'll train tomorrow."
Sam Parkin is definitely out, as he prepares to undergo an operation on his troublesome ankle on Friday.
"We don't know how long he'll be out, we'll have a better idea once he's had the surgery."
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Luton's Results this season
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QPR OFFICIAL SITE PREVIEW OF LUTON GAME

The R's travel to Kenilworth Road on Saturday - to take on a Luton Town side who are going through a Coca Cola Championship reality check at present.

When the season kicked off in sunny August, few pundits would have expected the Hatters to be sitting pretty in the top-ten three months into the new campaign.

But three defeats on the spin against Ipswich Town, Burnley, and most recently Preston North End in recent weeks, has seen Mike Newell's side brought back down to earth with an almighty bump.
The high-profile departure of master poacher Steve Howard, coupled with the sale of skipper Kevin Nicholls, left Newell facing an uphill struggle in only his second full term in charge at the Bedfordshire Club.
Yet Luton - buoyed by the summer arrivals of Sam Parkin, Adam Boyd, former Hoop Richard Langley and Lewis Emanuel - have hit back at those pundits that may've questioned their ability to improve upon last season's impressive tenth place finish, keeping pace with the chasing pack in the opening months of the campaign.
R's old boy Richard Langley
Indeed, the signs were positive from day one of the new campaign, when goals from Leon Barnett and Carlos Edwards helped clinch a 2-0 victory against Leicester City in front of the live Sky Sports cameras.
Bouyed by that win, the Hatters moved to the summit of the table with a 1-0 victory at Hillsborough, only for Norwich City to bring them crashing back down to earth with a bump in a 3-2 reversal at Carrow Road.
A draw against Stoke City continued their unbeaten start at home, but their poor form on the road showed no signs of letting up, as Wolves triumphed 1-0 at Molineux.
Four points from a possible six from home fixtures against Crystal Palace and Colchester United saw them up to fifth in the table, before runaway leaders Cardiff City inflicted a 4-1 defeat on the Hatters, albeit as a result of Emanuel's ninth minute dismissal.
Hatters boss Mike Newell
Undeterred, that defeat signalled the start of a mini-revival for the Hatters, who went on to enjoy an unbeaten six match run in all competitions.
But they were brought crashing back down to earth at Portman Road, succumbing to a 5-0 defeat against Ipswich Town - a loss which was compounded by the shock news that Hatters' defender Sol Davis had suffered a stroke on the team bus just 24 hours earlier.
And it has been a story of woe ever since, with the Hatters losing heavily in their last two Championship fixtures, against high-fliers Burnley (2-0) and Preston North End (3-0).
...Top scorer (league goals only): Rowan Vine 8
Last league game:
Preston North End 3, Luton Town 0.
Coca Cola Championship.
November 4th 2006.
Luton Town: Beresford, Foley, Barnett, Heikkinen, Holmes, Edwards, Langley (Bell 65), Robinson, Morgan (Brill 51), Boyd (Brkovic 76), Vine.
Subs Not Used: Feeney, Perrett.
...Superhoopsbet.co.uk match odds:
Luton Town 11/10
QPR 2/1
draw 12/5
..Key player: Carlos EDWARDS
Midfielder Carlos Edwards (pictured, above) signed for the Hatters in 2005 and has since gone on to enjoy a colourful career at Kenilworth Road.
A Trinidad & Tobago international, Edwards - who has already been linked to an array of Premiership clubs this season - impressed during the 2006 World Cup Finals, with a man-of-the-match display against Sweden.
Head to head:
Luton Town wins: 29
QPR wins: 31
Draws: 24
Luton triumphed 2-0 at Kenilworth Road in January
Last meeting:
Luton Town 2 (Heikkinen, Howard), Queens Park Rangers 0.
Football League Championship.
January 21st 2006.
Latest News:
Luton have appealed against the red card shown to goalkeeper Marlon Beresford in their 3-0 defeat at Preston on Saturday.
With the score at 0-0, Beresford saw red for bringing down David Nugent, which was adjudged to be the denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Hatters boss Mike Newell said after the game: "It's a stupid rule. If a keeper cannot be allowed to go down at a striker's feet and make an honest challenge, something is wrong."
(Source: BBC Sport)
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