QPR v Port Vale

Last updated : 09 August 2010 By BBC Sport

QPR's Akos Buzsaky was due to be with the Hungary squad ahead of their match against England, but in any case he has been sidelined by a thigh injury.Peter Ramage is suspended, while Matt Connolly and Mikele Leigertwood are among those in contention to start.

Port Vale goalkeeper Stuart Tomlinson will be hoping to keep his place, having been given the nod ahead of Chris Martin at the weekend.

Winger Lewis Haldane (ankle) is out, while Ritchie Sutton is suspended.

QPR boss Neil Warnock told BBC London 94.9: "We've got a tough schedule ahead of us and we are a bit thin on the ground.

"Hopefully we can give a good account of ourselves as they'll be at full strength.

"It'll be difficult I know that but I still want the local fans to turn out."

Port Vale defender Adam Yates told BBC Radio Stoke: "It'll be a good test for us. If we can put in a good performance, it will set us up well for the rest of the league.

"We'll approach the game the same as any other. We will chase everything down.

"We can't show them too much respect or they will destroy us."

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• QPR have won 17 and Port Vale 13 of the previous 41 matches between these clubs.

Have your say on the game

• Rangers have never beaten Vale in a cup competition, and were knocked out of this tournament by them in 1960 and 2006.

Queens Park Rangers

• QPR, the 1967 winners, have been knocked out by lower-division opposition in three of the last five seasons.

• A goal for Heidar Helguson would be his 100th in English football.

Port Vale

• Vale got past the first round for only the second time in eight years last season, when they dismissed Championship club Sheffield United.

Source: BBC Sport

Source: BBC Sport