Merseyside’s Ben Speedie gets a second career QPR appointment at Wrexham this Saturday.

Referee >>> Benjamin Speedie (Merseyside), made his Championship debut in QPR’s 2-1 win at Hull last season.

Assistants >>> Ian Cooper (Kent) and Graham Kane (Sussex)

Fourth Official >>> Zac Kennard-Kettle (Northumberland)

History

Hull 1 QPR 2, Tuesday January 21, 2025, Championship

Hull: Rushworth 6; Drameh 3, Burns 4 (Jacob 82, -), Jones 5, McLoughlin 3; Slater 5, Alzate 5; Gelhardt 6, Puerta 5 (Crooks 68, 5), Vaughan 6 (Burstow 68, 5); Pedro 5

Subs not used: Amrabat, Coyle, Myers, Pandur, Simons, Smith

Goals: Gelhardt 84 (Unassisted)

Yellow Cards: Slater 43 (foul), Pedro 73 (foul), Jones 90+6 (foul)

QPR: Nardi 6; Dunne 7, Edwards 7, Fox 7, Paal 7; Field 6, Varane 7, Morgan 6 (Madsen 75, 4); Smyth 6 (Ashby 75, 3 (Colback 90+2, -)), Chair 5 (Saito 57, 8), Kolli 5 (Lloyd 56, 8)

Subs not used: Dixon-Bonner, Frey, Bennie, Walsh

Goals: Paal 64 (unassisted), Saito 70 (unassisted)

Yellow Cards: Morgan 52 (foul)

Referee – Ben Speedie (Merseyside) 7 Championship debut. Basically, gave nothing all night. I was kind of here for it.

Stats

School teacher Ben Speedie moved out of the National League onto the EFL list for 2020/21 when he did 29 games with 78 yellow cards (2.689) and five reds across Leagues One and Two. In 2021/22 he showed 96 yellows (2.9) and four reds through 33 appointments in the bottom two divisions and then 139 (3.86) and six in 36 games through 2022/23. Last season he showed 111 yellows (3.08) and four reds across 36 games.

QPR’s 2-1 win at Hull last season was his first game at Championship level and he’s now done five games in this division. Last season he finished up with 138 yellows and two reds in 44 games, culminating in Orient’s 2-2 draw at home to Stockport in the play-off semi-final where Charlie Kelman scored a highly controversial (miles offside) first goal for the O’s. He refereed three Wrexham matches in League One and Phil Parkinson’s men didn’t concede a goal in any of them, winning 1-0 at Wycombe and at home to Barnsley and drawing 0-0 at Bolton.

Eight games already this season and he’s already equalled his red card total of two from last season, with 24 yellows besides.

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RobbyThacher added 10:29 - Sep 24 It’ll be interesting to see how Speedie handles the Wrexham trip. He’s known for some unconventional decisions and a very energetic style, which could make the game unpredictable. For QPR this might https://koko.bet/sports/ be a real test, especially if the referee is strict on the smaller fouls. Could definitely influence how the match unfolds.
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