RANGERS shared the spoils in a goalless encounter at Preston North End. There were certainly missed opportunities at Deepdale, with QPR’s Lyndon Dykes passing on arguably the game’s best chance in just the sixth minute. But both teams just lacked the cutting edge required to take all three points, as the Hoops now ready themselves for Saturday’s trip to Birmingham City in the Sky Bet Championship. With the R’s hunting a seventh win in eight Championship affairs, QPR boss Mark Warburton named an unchanged starting XI following Saturday’s latest W12 victory over AFC Bournemouth. That meant Rangers – in their now accustomed 5-3-2 formation – lined up as: Seny Dieng; Todd Kane, Rob Dickie, Geoff Cameron, Yoann Barbet, Lee Wallace; Dom Ball, Ilias Chair, Stefan Johansen; Charlie Austin, Dykes.