Niko Kranjcar predicts Queens Park Rangers promotion

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Niko Kranjcar believes that the team is good enough to gain promotion to the Premier League this season.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor

Published: November 19 2013 | 11:07

Last updated: November 19 2013 | 16:17

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Niko Kranjcar has claimed that the team will gain promotion to the Premier League this season.

The R's are currently in third place in the Championship table with nine wins and one defeat from their opening 15 matches.

Despite playing in the second tier of English football, Kranjcar believes that the QPR squad is full of top-flight players.

"I believe we are a Premier League team, and I believe we are going to go up," the Croatian, who is on a season-long loan deal from Dynamo Kiev, told The Independent.

"I don't feel like I am playing in the Championship - I know I am - but I do feel that I am in a team of Premier League footballers."

QPR continue their bid for promotion on Saturday when they welcome Charlton Athletic to Loftus Road.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sunderland	9	6	1	2	18	8	10	19
2	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	9	6	3	0	12	3	9	19
3	Burnley	9	5	3	1	14	4	10	18
4	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	9	5	2	2	12	6	6	17
5	Leeds United Leeds	9	4	4	1	15	7	8	16
6	Watford	9	5	1	3	14	14	0	16
7	Norwich City Norwich	9	4	3	2	16	10	6	15
8	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	9	4	3	2	15	11	4	15
9	Middlesbrough	9	4	2	3	10	7	3	14
10	Oxford United Oxford Utd	9	3	3	3	13	11	2	12
11	Swansea City Swansea	9	3	3	3	8	6	2	12
12	Derby County Derby	9	4	0	5	12	12	0	12
13	Hull City	9	3	3	3	12	13	-1	12
14	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	9	3	2	4	10	13	-3	11
15	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	9	3	2	4	11	15	-4	11
16	Stoke City Stoke	9	3	1	5	10	12	-2	10
17	Bristol City	8	2	4	2	9	13	-4	10
18	Millwall	9	2	3	4	12	11	1	9
19	Preston North End Preston	9	2	3	4	7	12	-5	9
20	Coventry City Coventry	9	2	2	5	10	13	-3	8
21	Luton Town Luton	9	2	2	5	8	15	-7	8
22	Queens Park Rangers QPR	9	1	4	4	9	16	-7	7
23	Portsmouth	9	0	5	4	9	20	-11	5
24	Cardiff City Cardiff	8	1	1	6	3	17	-14	4