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Preston have Paul Gallagher available after his recovery from illness, which kept him out of last week's loss at fellow top-six side Fulham.
Ben Pearson is expected to miss all of March with the hamstring injury that kept him out of the trip to London.
QPR's Grant Hall faces a fitness test after a back spasm during the warm-up last week saw him withdrawn from the start line-up against Birmingham.
Connor Masterson was called on to replace the R's captain in the draw.
Match facts
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Preston are unbeaten in 13 home league games against QPR (W7 D6) since a 3-0 defeat in February 1980.
QPR are looking to complete a league double over Preston for the first time since the 1967-68 season.
Preston have only lost one of their past 17 home league games in March (W9 D7 L1), a 2-1 defeat to Fulham in 2018.
Queens Park Rangers are winless in seven away league games (D2 L5), failing to score in each of the last three.
Preston manager Alex Neil is winless in three Championship meetings with QPR boss Mark Warburton (D1 L2).
QPR striker Jordan Hugill has scored 11 league goals this season - in only one previous Football League season has he scored more, netting 12 for Preston in the 2016-17 campaign.
Source: bbc.com