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Played
February 25, 2012 3:00 PM GMT
Loftus Road Stadium — London
Referee: P. Dowd
Attendance: 18015
February 25, 2012 3:00 PM GMT
Loftus Road Stadium — London
Referee: P. Dowd
Attendance: 18015
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| QPR | 2.55 | 23.00 | 2.70 | 51.00 | 2.62 | 2.75 | 80.00 | 2.85 | 2.60 |
| Draw | 3.25 | 6.00 | 3.25 | 9.00 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 11.00 | 3.35 | 3.25 |
| Fulham | 2.75 | 1.10 | 2.55 | 1.07 | 2.70 | 2.63 | 1.01 | 2.60 | 2.60 |
Top of the Match
Brede Hangeland
Fulham
Fulham
Bryan Ruiz
Fulham
Fulham
Flop of the Match
Samba Diakité
QPR
QPR
Samba Diakité
QPR
QPR
Goal.com Rating 
Fans' Rating QPR 0-1 Fulham: Early Pavel Pogrebnyak strike enough as Cottagers down 10-man hosts in west London derby
First away win since October for Martin Jol's men as the home fans call for Mark Hughes' head following fourth defeat in five games for the promoted side
By Joe Doyle at Loftus Road
Getty
An early goal from Pavel Pogrebnyak was enough for Fulham to hold on for a 1-0 win against QPR for their first away win in the Premier League since October after Samba Diakite picked up a red card on his debut for the hosts.
Pogrebnyak opened the scoring early on as Moussa Dembele found him clear through on goal with a backheel, and the Russian rounded Paddy Kenny to score in an empty net.
The big team news of the day came from the QPR dressing room, with Mark Hughes naming Bobby Zamora in the starting line-up against his former club, and midfielder Samba Diakite making his debut.
Martin Jol also named his January striking acquisition in the starting XI, as Pavel Pogrebnyak combined with Andrew Johnson up front.
Both teams started brightly, cheered on by some extremely loud support from their fans. And Fulham had the ball in the back of the net with not even five minutes on the clock.
Andrew Johnson headed the ball in off the bar from John Arne Riise's cross - but it was ruled out for offside.
It didn't take long for Fulham to take the lead, however. Moussa Dembele created the goal with a fine backheel to send Pogrebnyak clear through on goal. The Russian striker stayed calm, rounded Paddy Kenny and placed the ball into the back of the net.
The visitors were looking like scoring every time they went forward, with Clint Dempsey dragging a shot just wide of the far post soon after the goal.
But QPR soon picked themselves up and started playing. Mark Schwarzer was on hand to prevent the home side going level with an incredible save from Zamora. The keeper initially spilled an effort by Shaun Wright-Phillips, but spread himself really well to block Zamora's rebound.
And the game really turned in Fulham's favour just after the half-hour mark when Diakite picked up his second yellow of the match.
The midfielder had already picked up a booking for repeated offences and got his marching orders for a bad tackle on Bryan Ruiz in the centre circle.
Ruiz didn't help matters with some rolling around following the tackle, but Diakite really gave referee Phil Dowd no choice but to send him off, becoming the third player in QPR's last four home league games to be sent off in the first half, after Joey Barton against Norwich and Djibril Cisse against Wolves.
Following the red card, Fulham began to dominate possession once again, with Danny Murphy keeping the ball moving well and Dembele enjoying more time on the ball in a deeper role than usual for the visitors.
Fulham went in at half-time on top, and leaving Mark Hughes with some serious thinking to do about his side for the second half.
The second half took some time to get going, Fulham were content to sit back and defend their lead, waiting to hit back on the counter-attack.
It was a dangerous tactic, with QPR going close in the 69th minute as Mackie powered through the defence before seeing his shot flash across the face of goal.
The hosts didn't really come close again until the 82nd minute when Wright-Phillips missed a fantastic chance as he was through on goal, but his shot went wide, and it looked as if Schwarzer got a hand to it.
Fulham almost doubled the lead in the closing stages as Dickson Etuhu came on from the bench, drove through the defence but crashed his effort wide. It mattered little, however, as Fulham held on for their first away win since late October.
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Pogrebnyak opened the scoring early on as Moussa Dembele found him clear through on goal with a backheel, and the Russian rounded Paddy Kenny to score in an empty net.
The big team news of the day came from the QPR dressing room, with Mark Hughes naming Bobby Zamora in the starting line-up against his former club, and midfielder Samba Diakite making his debut.
Martin Jol also named his January striking acquisition in the starting XI, as Pavel Pogrebnyak combined with Andrew Johnson up front.
Both teams started brightly, cheered on by some extremely loud support from their fans. And Fulham had the ball in the back of the net with not even five minutes on the clock.
Andrew Johnson headed the ball in off the bar from John Arne Riise's cross - but it was ruled out for offside.
It didn't take long for Fulham to take the lead, however. Moussa Dembele created the goal with a fine backheel to send Pogrebnyak clear through on goal. The Russian striker stayed calm, rounded Paddy Kenny and placed the ball into the back of the net.
The visitors were looking like scoring every time they went forward, with Clint Dempsey dragging a shot just wide of the far post soon after the goal.
But QPR soon picked themselves up and started playing. Mark Schwarzer was on hand to prevent the home side going level with an incredible save from Zamora. The keeper initially spilled an effort by Shaun Wright-Phillips, but spread himself really well to block Zamora's rebound.
And the game really turned in Fulham's favour just after the half-hour mark when Diakite picked up his second yellow of the match.
The midfielder had already picked up a booking for repeated offences and got his marching orders for a bad tackle on Bryan Ruiz in the centre circle.
Ruiz didn't help matters with some rolling around following the tackle, but Diakite really gave referee Phil Dowd no choice but to send him off, becoming the third player in QPR's last four home league games to be sent off in the first half, after Joey Barton against Norwich and Djibril Cisse against Wolves.
Following the red card, Fulham began to dominate possession once again, with Danny Murphy keeping the ball moving well and Dembele enjoying more time on the ball in a deeper role than usual for the visitors.
Fulham went in at half-time on top, and leaving Mark Hughes with some serious thinking to do about his side for the second half.
The second half took some time to get going, Fulham were content to sit back and defend their lead, waiting to hit back on the counter-attack.
It was a dangerous tactic, with QPR going close in the 69th minute as Mackie powered through the defence before seeing his shot flash across the face of goal.
The hosts didn't really come close again until the 82nd minute when Wright-Phillips missed a fantastic chance as he was through on goal, but his shot went wide, and it looked as if Schwarzer got a hand to it.
Fulham almost doubled the lead in the closing stages as Dickson Etuhu came on from the bench, drove through the defence but crashed his effort wide. It mattered little, however, as Fulham held on for their first away win since late October.
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