'hugely important fixture' for the R's: Leigertwood Mikele Leigertwood has dubbed Saturday's Sky Sports showdown against Ipswich Town as a 'hugely important fixture' for the R's.
After a two week break from competitive action, Rangers welcome the Tractor Boys to W12 for a tea-time kick-off this weekend - and the midfielder believes victory against one of our play-off rivals could be hugely significant come the business end of the season.
"It's a hugely important fixture for us," he told www.qpr.co.uk.
"Ipswich are a very good side, who are playing well on their travels this year, but we're at home and we'll be going out to win the match in style.
"We need to beat the sides around us and that starts Saturday. We expect to beat teams at Loftus Road and our home form is mightily impressive this season."
The R's are currently unbeaten in nine matches in the Championship - and it's a run Leigertwood is confident of extending over the coming days.
"Obviously we want to keep the run going, to keep us in and amongst it," he said.
"We haven't played for a while and have dropped a few places in the table as a result, but in general the results involving the teams around us haven't been too bad and we're still in a very strong position.
"We've got a tough trip to Cardiff next week and another away match at Barnsley next weekend, so it's a massive stage of the season for us."
A star of the Crystal Palace side that clinched promotion to the Premier League at the end of season 2003/04 on the back of a run of form that took them from the brink of relegation all the way to a victorious Play-Off Final, Leigertwood admits he can see similarities between his current team-mates and the Eagles of five years ago.
"I can definitely see similarities between the way we're going and how we fared at Palace a few years ago," he said.
"Consistency and confidence are hugely important in football and whilst we've always had the latter, we've shown in recent weeks that we're capable of stringing together a long unbeaten run too.
"Every one of us is focused on the task in hand and the challenge that lies ahead - we're all in it together and the belief within the squad is massive."
