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The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
The referee has booked Mauro Milanese.
Shabazz Baidoo is being taken off, Scott Donnelly has come on in his place.
Own goal, Wayne Brown has put it in his own net.
Richard Garcia is being taken off, Kevin McLeod has come on in his place.
Marc Bircham goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
Lee Cook is booked for unsporting behaviour.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.
Ray Jones is replaced by Adam Czerkas.
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
Goal!! Richard Garcia scores for Colchester.
Goal!! Chris Iwelumo scores for Colchester.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Basement club QPR served up a woeful first-half performance as Colchester United chalked up their third win in their last four Championship matches. The visitors were never in the hunt during a one-sided first half and they were lucky to be only two goals down at the break. The West Londoners rallied in the second period and were given hope when Colchester defender Wayne Brown headed into his own net on 76 minutes. But it would have been daylight robbery if QPR had stolen a point from this game. It's early days, but they already look to be facing a battle against relegation. Newly-promoted Colchester started at a fast pace and duly took the lead after nine minutes when Chris Iwelumo netted his third goal of the season and his first from open play, following two successful penalties. Iwelumo won the corner from which he eventually scored. QPR struggled to deal with set-pieces all afternoon and they failed to clear Kevin Watson's corner. Brown's initial shot was blocked by midfielder Marc Bircham but Iwelumo was on hand to rifle home the loose ball from eight yards out. Young keeper Jake Cole had no chance with this effort. Cole was only playing because first-choice keeper Paul Jones was ill. QPR remained on the back foot and it was no real surprise when the U's doubled their lead in the 18th minute. The visitors were unable to clear a throw-in and Karl Duguid headed on for Richard Garcia to volley smartly into the net from just outside the six-yard box. It was a spectacular finish from the Australian attacker. Colchester had further chances to score before the break, most notably when a poor kick from keeper Cole rolled into the path of Garcia. Cole was hopelessly out of position and Garcia's instinctive shot would have dropped into an empty net only for it to strike team-mate Jamie Cureton and deflect past the post. Cureton, playing against his old club, missed a couple of chances himself, as did skipper Duguid. These misses could have proved costly as QPR at least made a game of it in the second half. They halved the deficit with 14 minutes to go, when Danish striker Marc Nygaard lobbed advancing keeper Dean Gerken. The ball was destined for the net but Brown looked odds-on to beat the ball away, only to lob it into his own net. Substitute Scott Donnelly nearly netted an injury-time equaliser as his long-range shot caused keeper Gerken to fumble only for the ball to roll past the post to seal QPR's fate.
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