- Rowlands (63)
- Date:2008-12-06
- Kick-off:17:20
- Venue:Loftus Road Stadium
- Attendance:13416
- Referee:Williamson, I
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
83mins
The referee has booked Martin Rowlands.
78mins
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is being taken off, Andy Keogh has come on in his place.
77mins
QPR are replacing Heidar Helguson with Damiano Tommasi.
73mins
The referee has booked Michael Mancienne.
72mins
Wolverhampton are replacing Chris Iwelumo with Sam Vokes.
63mins
Goal!! QPR have scored with Martin Rowlands putting it in the back of the net.
58mins
David Jones is being taken off, Matt Jarvis has come on in his place.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
27mins
QPR are replacing Dexter Blackstock with Lee Cook.
27mins
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is being taken off, Matt Jarvis has come on in his place.
0mins
It's 5:20pm on Saturday, December 6th, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
QPR captain Martin Rowlands netted a spectacular winner as Championship leaders Wolves slumped to defeat at Loftus Road.
The victory was Rangers' second in four matches since the appointment of coach Paulo Sousa and lifted them up to seventh in the table.
It was a deserved triumph for the London side, who created numerous chances before Rowlands broke the deadlock.
On-loan Bolton forward Heidar Helguson made an impact for them on his home debut, although he did miss an early chance when he fired over from Hogan Ephraim's cross.
Michael Mancienne, who spent the best part of two seasons on loan at QPR, then failed to cut out Ephraim's through ball but Patrick Agyemang was unable to capitalise, firing straight at keeper Wayne Hennessy.
QPR continued to impress and Dexter Blackstock sliced over after being released by Helguson's pass, before Agyemang cut in from the left and drove the ball inches wide.
Blackstock limped off and was replaced by Lee Cook, who also had a shot saved by Hennessy.
Despite going close when David Jones curled narrowly wide from a cleverly-worked free-kick, Wolves were fortunate to reach the interval on level terms.
And they again relied on Hennessy to prevent them falling behind just after the break when he blocked Helguson's shot with his legs after the Icelander had latched on to keeper Radek Cerny's long kick.
Cerny then produced two good saves of his own, first diving to his left to push away another Jones free-kick and then stopping Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's close-range header.
And they proved to be crucial interventions because on 62 minutes, Rangers went ahead when Rowlands scored with a stunning 25-yard effort that flew over Hennessy before dipping into the net.
Cerny pulled off two more fine saves to deny Wolves substitute Sam Vokes an equaliser.
He did really well to keep out Vokes' header and in the closing minutes he held the Wales striker's 20-yard drive.
Queens Park Rangers Team
Wolverhampton Wanderers Team
Queens Park Rangers | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Corners
| 7 | 7 |
Fouls
| 14 | 16 |
Goal attempts
| 13 | 9 |
Shots off target
| 8 | 5 |
Offsides
| 4 | 1 |