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  • Kick-off: 20:00
  • Venue: Loftus Road Stadium
  • Attendance: 13410
  • Referee: Friend, K

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Matthew Connolly is being taken off, Michael Mancienne has come on in his place.

90 mins

Mikele Leigertwood goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90 mins

James O'Connor is replaced by John Spicer.

89 mins

Andrew Cole is replaced by Mark Randall.

86 mins

Goal!! Burnley have scored with Andrew Cole putting it in the back of the net.

78 mins

Stanislav Varga is booked for unsporting behaviour.

77 mins

Goal!! Ade Akinbiyi scores for Burnley.

68 mins

QPR are replacing Hogan Ephraim with Dexter Blackstock.

56 mins

Goal!! Andrew Cole scores for Burnley.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 1.

46 mins

Burnley are replacing Robbie Blake with Ade Akinbiyi.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

41 mins

Goal!! Andrew Cole scores for Burnley.

39 mins

QPR are replacing Martin Rowlands with Mikele Leigertwood.

30 mins

Goal!! Patrick Agyemang scores for QPR.

14 mins

Goal!! Gavin Mahon scores for QPR.

0 mins

It's 8pm on Tuesday, February 12th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Andrew Cole hit a superb hat-trick as Burnley came from two down to win an astonishing game 4-2 against QPR at Loftus Road.

The former Manchester United man single-handedly dragged his new side back into the game and they look good outside bets for promotion.

The hosts had won three of their last four games, while Burnley were reeling after drawing at home to bottom-of-the-table Colchester in their last outing.

On 14 minutes the hosts took the lead thanks to Gavin Mahon - one of seven January signings in the starting line-up - who headed in his first for the club.

The goal was down to the industry of Akos Buzsaky, who superbly worked space in the corner with Patrick Agyemang, before swinging in a cross that Mahon could not miss.

QPR won the first meeting between these sides 2-0 back in December and that result looked on the card again when Agyemang scored for the sixth successive game.

The former Preston man took full advantage of a superb run and through-ball from left-back Damien Delaney to coolly round keeper Brian Jensen and slot home.

QPR were completely in command but Cole, who wasn't getting a game under Roy Keane at Sunderland, dragged Burnley back into the match with a true poacher's effort when he deflected Joey Gudjonsson's free-kick past Lee Camp just before half-time.

And Cole scored his second ten minutes after the break when he smashed Ade Akinbiyi's cross in off the bar as the home defence went missing.

Rangers appeared stunned and were forced into last-ditch defending as Burnley played cleverly on the break.

Wade Elliott rattled the post from fully 25 yards with Camp grasping at thin air.

And unbelievably Burnley were ahead when Akinbiyi headed home after Kyle Lafferty lofted a hopeful ball back into the QPR area.

Then with QPR chasing the game, Cole added the icing onto the cake by heading home Elliott's cross for his fourth in two games for his new club.

Queens Park Rangers Team

Burnley Team

Queens Park Rangers

Burnley

Corners

4 8

Fouls

13 15

Goal attempts

7 13

Shots off target

4 6

Offsides

2 2

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