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Ilias Chair scored twice as QPR tamed Portsmouth to record only their second win at Fratton Park in 30 years.
The 28-year-old also assisted for QPR’s third goal to show how much he was missed as Rangers’ campaign unravelled in the second half of last season when he was out for four months with a calf problem.
Portsmouth have big hopes of progressing in their third season in the Championship
Bolton Wanderers have signed defender Ben Davies on a two-year deal from Scottish Premiership side Rangers.
The 30-year-old began his career with Preston North End, making 145 appearances during his time with the Lancashire club.
He went on to join Liverpool but did not make an appearance for the club before joining Rangers in 2022 where he has turned out 58 times in all competitions.
“It feels brilliant to be
For 76 minutes, it looked like there would only be one winner.
But the Rs were ultimately made to pay for a catalogue of missed chances. Julien Stephan’s side had 23 shots to Derby’s 12 – and 12 on target.
For the Rams – three shots on target, three goals.
QPR hammered at the Derby goal from the first minute and were almost ahead within five – Jacob Widell Zetterstrom
Roy Hodgson’s winning start to his second Bristol City spell ended with a frustrating draw at Queens Park Rangers.
The visitors dominated early on and created enough chances to win, but QPR goalkeeper Joe Walsh kept them at bay.
Meanwhile, the hosts extended their unbeaten run to five games.
But both sides will be frustrated as their already slim hopes of making the Championship play-offs look over with the gap
Three consecutive wins had reignited QPR’s bid for an unlikely play-off place but they were frustrated in a drab first half.
Preston, who are now 14th, 10 points outside the top six, had the better of the opening 45 minutes as Alfie Devine saw a shot from 25 yards out deflected narrowly wide.
Devine then set up Ben Whiteman just outside the area but he pulled his shot over the
After a tough build-up already before a ball was kicked at Loftus Road, with Portsmouth posting financial losses and on a poor run of form, it could not have been a much worse opening half hour for head coach John Mousinho.
It took his side only seven minutes to concede when a poor touch from Swift gave up the ball in midfield and Harvey Vale’s deflected pass found Smyth who
Queens Park Rangers ended their freefall towards the Championship drop zone with a victory which deepened Leicester City’s own relegation fears.
The Foxes had hoped that the midweek win over Bristol City, their first in 11 league games, would herald the start of a revival at the King Power Stadium, and Jordan James’ brilliant opening goal further reinforced that optimism.
Gary Rowett’s side, however, fell victim to the defensive weaknesses
The hosts enjoyed almost complete dominance in the first half, with Ibrahim Osman at the heart of their good play.
The winger grazed the crossbar with a cross-cum-shot after just two minutes before teeing up Roberts to fire home from close range three minutes later after he nutmegged his opposite number and sent a low cross into the box.
Only some acrobatics from Amadou Mbengue stopped Blues from doubling their
With 80 minutes on the clock, the story of the game had been about the defensive mistakes that led to the first two goals.
After a slow start, QPR took the lead from a set piece, as Hull goalkeeper Ivor Pandur and Oli McBurnie failed to get anything on Harvey Vale’s in-swinging corner before it deflected in off McNair under pressure from Jimmy Dunne at the back post.
The goal
QPR levelled after a neat one-touch passing move as Isaac Hayden drove into the penalty area and found Saito, who turned his marker and drilled a thunderous finish into the roof of the net.
However, Rovers regained their advantage just minutes later after Saito was caught in possession by Sondre Tronstad, who swiftly played in Jorgensen to fire his second beyond Hoops goalkeeper Joe Walsh.
Tronstad was also the architect