Queens Park Rangers are dead last in the English Premier League, but the team will have a chance to turn things around as it meets West Ham United on Monday.

The two teams are set to kick off competition this afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern time. CLICK HERE to check out an online live stream of the West Ham United vs. Queens Park Rangers game via Live Soccer TV.

QPR have not had an easy season, earning only two points over the course of five games. The team just barely survived last year's competition, with only 37 points in 2011.

Things will be especially tough for QPR due to several absences during the game against West Ham United. Anton Ferdinand, Jose Bosingwa, Fabio and Armand Traore will be sidelined due to injuries.

The team's manager Mark Hughes said he sees room for improvement, but he does think the team's effort has been solid.

"I think for the most part our performances have been fine up to a point," Hughes said. "Obviously we need to see games out. We have selection problems at the moment in a key area of the field in defense."

Hughes said QPR have owned up to their shortcomings so far in 2012 and are looking at ways to better their play and improve their standing in the league.

"We have had too much of a turnover in terms of selection and personnel changes so that doesn't lend well to having that continuity of performance. We've created some decent football in the initial period but it was always going to take time," he said. "We are not going to hide behind the fact it is not the best of starts and the start that we wanted. We understood that it could happen and that it would take us time to get the team functioning as we wanted."

West Ham United has seen inconsistent results so far this year. The team pulled out a 3-0 victory against Fulham but fell to Swansea City by the same score.

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