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February 4, 2012 3:00 PM GMT
Loftus Road Stadium — London
Referee: M. Clattenburg
Attendance: 17351
February 4, 2012 3:00 PM GMT
Loftus Road Stadium — London
Referee: M. Clattenburg
Attendance: 17351
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| QPR | 2.00 | 5.00 | 1.95 | 61.00 | 2.00 | 50.00 | 2.06 | 1.85 |
| Draw | 3.40 | 1.70 | 3.40 | 11.00 | 3.40 | 14.00 | 3.40 | 3.50 |
| Wolves | 3.75 | 3.00 | 3.80 | 1.05 | 3.80 | 1.01 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
Top of the Match
Adel Taarabt
QPR
QPR
Adel Taarabt
QPR
QPR
Flop of the Match
Emmanuel Frimpong
Wolves
Wolves
Djibril Cissé
QPR
QPR
Goal.com Rating 
Fans' Rating QPR 1-2 Wolves: Jarvis & Doyle strikes ensure visitors punish Djibril Cisse red card to move out of bottom three
The visitors, who fell behind after Bobby Zamora opened the scoring on his debut for Mark Hughes' side, battled back to win their first in nine Premier League games
By Jay Jaffa at Loftus Road
Getty Images
Wolves fought their way to a first win in nine Premier League games, rallying in the second half to steal the points from 10-man QPR in an entertaining game at Loftus Road.
Bobby Zamora marked his debut for the hosts with a fine finish after a quarter of an hour, rifling Shaun Wright-Phillips' lay-off past a despairing Wayne Hennessey. But the story will be that of Mick McCarthy's ambition in the second period. Goals from Matt Jarvis and the excellent Kevin Doyle snatched a vital three points on Saturday.
There were a number of new faces on show at Loftus Road. The hosts gave home debuts to Taye Taiwo, Nedum Onuoha, Djibril Cisse and Zamora while McCarthy named Sebastian Bassong in the heart of the defence.
QPR began confidently in possession and pressed Wolves deep in their own half. As possession was relinquished by the Wolves midfield, Adel Taarabt – recalled following his return from the African Cup of Nations – played a neat one-two on the edge of the box with Zamora but his side-footed right-foot shot flew just wide of the Wolves goal.
But Wolves were not here to lie down and soon carved their first chance as Steven Fletcher surged from the right flank into the centre before firing his shot narrowly wide of Paddy Kenny's goal.
However, just as Wolves began to play their way into the encounter, QPR carved out something special. Cisse collected the ball on the left side of the box and clipped a nicely-weighted ball over the Wolves defence for the onrushing Wright-Phillips.
The diminutive winger instinctively flicked the ball back inside to the onrushing Zamora, who showed no remorse, slamming the ball past Hennessey for the opener.
Wolves reacted well and came close a couple of times, most notably as Fletcher's free-kick sailed just wide. The downside was seeing Emmanuel Frimpong limp off with an injury following a clash with Joey Barton.
Cisse was at the centre of the good and bad for QPR – initially bursting from his own half and launching a counter-attack that was well snuffed out by Sebastian Bassong.
Minutes later, the forward made headlines for the wrong reasons, though, reacting petulantly to a bad tackle from Roger Johnson.
The French striker, making his home debut, leapt to his feet and foolishly raised his hands to Johnson. He left referee Mark Clattenburg no choice but to brandish the red card and put a dampener on a very encouraging opening half hour from the hosts.
Doyle collected the ball in the wide right position and sent a teasing cross across the box. The ball evaded the QPR defence and the onrushing Wolves attackers, but not Matt Jarvis at the back post.
Jarvis controlled well and shimmied onto his right foot under the close attention of Luke Young. The winger had just enough room to curl his shot beyond Young and past the sprawling Kenny to send the away supporters behind the goal into raptures.
This was just the tonic for McCarthy's outfit and they raised their game considerably from this point.
The remnants of an ill-construed corner routine led to Kevin Foley finding space to knock a first-time ball to the back-post. Fletcher kept onside and timed his leap perfectly and it was only the crossbar that saved QPR from shipping two goals in as many minutes.
The Wolves team that emerged for the second half was in such stark contrast to that of the opening 45 minutes, that you wonder how they have failed to win a competitive game since early December.
Mark Hughes' home team seemed powerless to stop the onslaught and it was only the presence of Anton Ferdinand that prevented Fletcher getting his goal, as he hacked the Scot's goal-bound prod off the line.
The surge in pressure culminated in Doyle's 20-yard drive that required Kenny to beat to safety.
QPR eventually settled and had a chance of their own through a Taarabt free-kick. Hennessey offered the Moroccan midfielder a wide target and although he cleared the wall, it drifted just wide and to safety.
The hosts began to find a foothold in the match but were lacking creative ideas. Luke Young, always keen to overlap and support Wright-Phillips, was withdrawn following a hamstring strain and from here Wolves pounced.
Jamie O'Hara drove toward the QPR penalty area and fired a hip-height ball into Doyle. The pass took a nick off substitute Ebanks-Blake but Doyle did well to control and turn onto his left. From 10-yards out, the Irishman struck his shot low, across Kenny, to give the away side a fully deserved lead.
With another home loss looking likely, Hughes threw on Rob Hulse in place of Zamora. But the target man summed up the home side's lax second-half performance, failing to get a touch on a tempting cross from Taarabt.
Taarabt, on his return, had shown glimpses of magic all game but nothing compared to his 30-yard pile driver. The shot looked certain to be nestling in the top-right corner but the giant Welshman Hennessey flew through the air to produce the kind of finger-tip save destined to be collated among the contenders for save of the season.
The home side's best chance of an equaliser came on the 90th minute but Ferdinand lacked the killer instinct to turn Wright-Phillips' cross home from 18 yards, skewing the ball just wide.
It was a story of two halves for Wolves. The first they lacked ambition and creativity, but were mainly pinned back by an impressive QPR side. The Cisse sending off of course hurt Hughes' side's plans but ultimately the defending for both goals could have been better.
A win on the road for McCarthy is as rare as they come but will be cherished as Wolves move onto level points with their hosts and ignite hopes of a stirring fight against relegation.
Bobby Zamora marked his debut for the hosts with a fine finish after a quarter of an hour, rifling Shaun Wright-Phillips' lay-off past a despairing Wayne Hennessey. But the story will be that of Mick McCarthy's ambition in the second period. Goals from Matt Jarvis and the excellent Kevin Doyle snatched a vital three points on Saturday.
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There were a number of new faces on show at Loftus Road. The hosts gave home debuts to Taye Taiwo, Nedum Onuoha, Djibril Cisse and Zamora while McCarthy named Sebastian Bassong in the heart of the defence.
QPR began confidently in possession and pressed Wolves deep in their own half. As possession was relinquished by the Wolves midfield, Adel Taarabt – recalled following his return from the African Cup of Nations – played a neat one-two on the edge of the box with Zamora but his side-footed right-foot shot flew just wide of the Wolves goal.
But Wolves were not here to lie down and soon carved their first chance as Steven Fletcher surged from the right flank into the centre before firing his shot narrowly wide of Paddy Kenny's goal.
However, just as Wolves began to play their way into the encounter, QPR carved out something special. Cisse collected the ball on the left side of the box and clipped a nicely-weighted ball over the Wolves defence for the onrushing Wright-Phillips.
The diminutive winger instinctively flicked the ball back inside to the onrushing Zamora, who showed no remorse, slamming the ball past Hennessey for the opener.
Wolves reacted well and came close a couple of times, most notably as Fletcher's free-kick sailed just wide. The downside was seeing Emmanuel Frimpong limp off with an injury following a clash with Joey Barton.
Cisse was at the centre of the good and bad for QPR – initially bursting from his own half and launching a counter-attack that was well snuffed out by Sebastian Bassong.
Minutes later, the forward made headlines for the wrong reasons, though, reacting petulantly to a bad tackle from Roger Johnson.
The French striker, making his home debut, leapt to his feet and foolishly raised his hands to Johnson. He left referee Mark Clattenburg no choice but to brandish the red card and put a dampener on a very encouraging opening half hour from the hosts.
Seeing red | Cisse is given his marching orders by referee Clattenburg
Doyle collected the ball in the wide right position and sent a teasing cross across the box. The ball evaded the QPR defence and the onrushing Wolves attackers, but not Matt Jarvis at the back post.
Jarvis controlled well and shimmied onto his right foot under the close attention of Luke Young. The winger had just enough room to curl his shot beyond Young and past the sprawling Kenny to send the away supporters behind the goal into raptures.
This was just the tonic for McCarthy's outfit and they raised their game considerably from this point.
The remnants of an ill-construed corner routine led to Kevin Foley finding space to knock a first-time ball to the back-post. Fletcher kept onside and timed his leap perfectly and it was only the crossbar that saved QPR from shipping two goals in as many minutes.
The Wolves team that emerged for the second half was in such stark contrast to that of the opening 45 minutes, that you wonder how they have failed to win a competitive game since early December.
Mark Hughes' home team seemed powerless to stop the onslaught and it was only the presence of Anton Ferdinand that prevented Fletcher getting his goal, as he hacked the Scot's goal-bound prod off the line.
The surge in pressure culminated in Doyle's 20-yard drive that required Kenny to beat to safety.
QPR eventually settled and had a chance of their own through a Taarabt free-kick. Hennessey offered the Moroccan midfielder a wide target and although he cleared the wall, it drifted just wide and to safety.
The hosts began to find a foothold in the match but were lacking creative ideas. Luke Young, always keen to overlap and support Wright-Phillips, was withdrawn following a hamstring strain and from here Wolves pounced.
Jamie O'Hara drove toward the QPR penalty area and fired a hip-height ball into Doyle. The pass took a nick off substitute Ebanks-Blake but Doyle did well to control and turn onto his left. From 10-yards out, the Irishman struck his shot low, across Kenny, to give the away side a fully deserved lead.
With another home loss looking likely, Hughes threw on Rob Hulse in place of Zamora. But the target man summed up the home side's lax second-half performance, failing to get a touch on a tempting cross from Taarabt.
Taarabt, on his return, had shown glimpses of magic all game but nothing compared to his 30-yard pile driver. The shot looked certain to be nestling in the top-right corner but the giant Welshman Hennessey flew through the air to produce the kind of finger-tip save destined to be collated among the contenders for save of the season.
The home side's best chance of an equaliser came on the 90th minute but Ferdinand lacked the killer instinct to turn Wright-Phillips' cross home from 18 yards, skewing the ball just wide.
It was a story of two halves for Wolves. The first they lacked ambition and creativity, but were mainly pinned back by an impressive QPR side. The Cisse sending off of course hurt Hughes' side's plans but ultimately the defending for both goals could have been better.
A win on the road for McCarthy is as rare as they come but will be cherished as Wolves move onto level points with their hosts and ignite hopes of a stirring fight against relegation.
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