KEY BATTLE LUONGO V NDONG

Australian international Massimo Luongo (pictured) is arguably QPR’s strongest midfield player and it will fall to Didier Ndong to try and shut down his influence on the game. Ndong’s seven successful tackles against Preston in Sunderland’s last league game was comfortably the highest out of any player in the game. Cattermole was second for Sunderland, with three. Luongo has five goals in 31 caps f orh is country, having made his deb ut w hile playing for Swindon Town in 2 014. The 25-year-old was even named on the FIFA Ballon D’Or longlist in 2015.