{"id":3005,"date":"2026-09-02T21:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:24:35","slug":"qpr-2-1-cardiff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=3005","title":{"rendered":"QPR 2 – 1 Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rumarn Burrell scored both QPR goals as they beat Cardiff 2-1 at Loftus Road to continue their impressive start to the Championship season.<\/p>\n

Rangers produced a fine attacking display and were deserved winners, but had to endure a somewhat anxious finish after Perry Ng pulled a goal back with a thumping strike.<\/p>\n

Julien Stephan’s side are second in the table with 10 points from their opening four matches – and the two points dropped came in a goalless draw against Bolton in which they did everything but score.<\/p>\n

They went ahead via Nicolas Madsen’s right-wing corner after 36 minutes. The ball struck Jimmy Dunne, Cardiff were unable to clear the danger, and Burrell finished from close range.<\/p>\n

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Rumarn Burrell is on a hat-trick as his clinical finish doubles QPR’s lead against Cardiff.<\/span>
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The goal came shortly after Cian Ashford had missed a great chance to put Cardiff ahead, meekly heading wide of the target after being found unmarked at the far post from Ollie Tanner’s cross.<\/p>\n

Rangers had chances before the opener as well – Dunne headed wide from Harvey Vale’s corner and Alfie Lloyd blasted over after being set up by Burrell’s flick-on.<\/p>\n

Burrell, who scored 10 goals last season before suffering a hamstring injury in January, was too hot for the Bluebirds’ defence to handle, and scored again eight minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

Ronnie Edwards did superbly, winning the ball in his own half, riding a challenge and then threading a perfect through-ball to release Burrell, who sprinted towards the Cardiff box and showed fine composure to steer his shot beyond goalkeeper Nathan Trott and into the far corner of the net.<\/p>\n

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QPR continued to dominate and had they taken one of a number of chances to score a third, they would have enjoyed a much more comfortable end to the game.<\/p>\n

After Lloyd’s shot was saved by Trott, Glen Kamara moved the loose ball on to Koki Saito, who sliced horribly high and wide of the target, before the fit-again – and hugely impressive – Tariq Lamptey fired a shot straight at Trott.<\/p>\n

Burrell had a couple of opportunities to complete his hat-trick, dragging an effort wide and seeing another deflected off target.<\/p>\n

Stephan then made a quadruple substitution, either replacing or moving three of his back four, and his team lost some momentum.<\/p>\n

Fortunate to still be in the game, Cardiff were given a lifeline when Ng unleashed an unstoppable thunderbolt into the top corner from long range on 74 minutes.<\/p>\n

Substitute Joel Colwill had a chance to equalise but was unable to get a finishing touch to a cross from former QPR man Chris Willock.<\/p>\n

The managers<\/h3>\n

QPR’s Julien Stephan:<\/em><\/p>\n

To follow…<\/em><\/p>\n

Cardiff’s Brian Barry-Murphy:<\/em><\/p>\n

To follow…<\/em><\/p>\n

What the result means and next fixtures…<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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