English League Championship

FT Friday, April 7, 2017
Brighton & Hove Albion WWLWW 2
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Queens Park Rangers WDWLL 1
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MATRADE Loftus Road · 16,503 att.

Match Report

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Brighton win at QPR to return to top of Championship

Brighton climbed back to the top of the Championship and moved closer to promotion by beating QPR 2-1 at Loftus Road.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
8
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
1
43.6
Possession
56.4
11
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
310
323
Passes
429
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
8
28
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
93
Long Balls
91
46
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
26
42
Clearances
26

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

QPR · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Alex SmithiesG
  2. 4Grant HallCD
  3. 6Joel LynchCD-L
  4. 5Nedum OnuohaCD-R
  5. 41Ryan ManningCM-L
  6. 21Massimo LuongoCM-R
  7. 49Ravel MorrisonAM
  8. 18Jack RobinsonLM
  9. 24James PerchRM
  10. 17Matt SmithCF-L
  11. 9Conor WashingtonCF-R

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Uwe HünemeierCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 14Steve SidwellCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 20Solly MarchLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Fikayo Tomori replaces Lewis Dunk because of an injury.
  2. 58' Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomer Hemed with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 64' Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Sébastien Pocognoli (Brighton and Hove Albion) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 66' Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Yeni N'Gbakoto replaces Jack Robinson.
  5. 66' Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Luke Freeman replaces Ravel Morrison.
  6. 74' Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Luke Freeman with a cross following a corner.
  7. 77' Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Idrissa Sylla replaces Joel Lynch.
  8. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jamie Murphy replaces Tomer Hemed.
  9. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Oliver Norwood replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  10. 86' Sébastien Pocognoli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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