Saturday November 17, 2012 Day 12 Finished Loftus Road

Queens Park Rangers 1 - 3 Southampton

  • Hoilett 49’
  • Lambert 23’
  • Puncheon 45’
  • Ferdinand 83’ (o.g.)

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  1. Premier League - Hughes woe continues as QPR lose to Southampton

    Premier League - Hughes woe continues as QPR lose to Southampton

    Southampton piled more pressure on winless Queens Park Rangers with a deserved 3-1 victory at Loftus Road. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Queens Park Rangers
    • Southampton
    • - Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Monday morning (UK only).
    • 90+4' That's it! Southampton seal a deserved 3-1 win as the boos ring out for QPR and Mark Hughes.
    • 90+2' Southampton have been a pleasure to watch as they continue to play the ball around in injury time.
    • 90+1 There will be four minutes of added time.
    • 90' Lambert is replaced by Jay Rodriguez in a late Saints change.
    • 89' Granero has been anonymous for QPR today.
    • 88' My man-of-the match is Jason Puncheon, who narrowly edges out Adam Lallana.
    • 87' 'The Saints Go Marching In' rings around Loftus Road as Fabio tries to spark something for QPR.
    • 86' Where does this result leave Mark Hughes now?
    • 83' GOAL! QPR 1-3 SOUTHAMPTON. Ferdinand puts a right wing cross through his own net and Saints look to have sealed all three points here! Poor defending.
    • 82' Lambert does well to find Davis whose shot is deflected over the bar.
    • 79' Lambert finds Yoshida in the area and the Japanese defender's acrobatic effort is well saved by Julio Cesar.
    • 78' Clyne wins another corner off Derry.
    • 77' Fabio rather needlessly concedes a corner, under pressure from the outstanding Lallana.
    • 76' Cisses tries an Ibrahimovic but his overhead kick sails well wide.
    • 75' Puncheon shoots poorly wide for Southampton, but they continue to dominate here.
    • 74' Fabio is back after a two month lay-off and he replaces Bosingwa. Danny Fox comes on to replace the impressive Shaw. One substittion from each side.
    • 72' Saints break and Puncheon's low effort across goal is pushed away for a corner by Julio Cesar.
    • 71' Cisse runs onto a pass from midfield, cuts inside and curls wide of the far post.
    • 70' Shaun Derry has replaced Diakite in the Rangers midfield. Curious change that.
    • 69' Southampton getting a little too intricate, trying to walk the ball into the net.
    • 68' Bosingwa goes into the book for blocking a pass with his arm.
    • 67' Southampton are looking by far the more dangerous. They've played some glorious stuff.
    • 65' Puncheon goes close with an absolute rocket from outside the area. Julio Cesar helpless as the ball flies wide.
    • 64' Lambert wins a header at the back post and nods it down to Puncheon who fires his shot into the ground and just wide. Glorious chance for Puncheon.
    • 63' Superb play by Taarabt on the left but the cross with the outside of his left foot eludes his teammates in the area.
    • 61' Ramirez is replaced by Steven Davis as Nigel Adkins looks to shore up his midfield.
    • 60' Good tackle on Yoshida to dispossesses Taarabt in full flow.
    • 59' Mackie runs onto a lovely pass from Taarabt and finds Mackie whose cross is cleared away. Really exciting game.
    • 58' Ramirez tries to outpace Ferdinand but the defender gets back and muscles him off the ball as the pair race into the area.
    • 56' Schneiderlin's explosive hit is blocked by Nelsen. Saints are back in the groove now, playing some beautiful stuff.
    • 55' Lallana nutgets Diakite and finds Lambert who shoots straight at Julio Cesar,
    • 53' Southampton look more composed now after looking like getting overrun after half-time.
    • 52' Saints go forward again and Lambert feeds the ball to Puncheon whose cross just misses Lambert.
    • 50' Julio Cesar makes a smart save to deny Puncheon.
    • 49' Mackie appears to have lifted QPR who are posing far more of a threat going forward.
    • 48' GOAL! QPR 1-2 SOUTHAMPTON. Gazzaniga makes a real hash of coming to collect Taarabt's cross and Hoilett heads home for QPR!
    • 47' QPR have started the second-half more positively, as Cisse gets on the end of a Taarabt cross and fires at Gazzaniga.
    • 46' Jackie Mackie has replaced Faurlin for QPR.
    • 46' We are off and running in the second half.
    • 45+2' That's half-time as QPR find themselves 2-0 down and are booed from the field of play.
    • 45+1' There will be two minutes of added time as Hughes shakes his head on the touchline.
    • 45' GOAL! QPR 0-2 SOUTHAMPION. The jeers ring around Loftus Road as Clyne does well to retrieve the ball and find Puncheon who curls a fine left-footed effort past Julio Cesar from the edge of the area!
    • 44' Great play from Diakite down the right who evades the challenge of Lallana and gets a good ball into the area, but Southampton deal with it well.
    • 43' Puncheon tries a shot on the edge of the box which is well blocked by Ferdinand.
    • 42' Hoilett plays the ball to Granero who reacts sluggishly and fails to keep it in play. Not that QPR had much of a presence in the box anyway.
    • 41' Southampton win a free kick in midfield for a foul on Cork.
    • 40' Saints are playing some nice stuff, but Lambert appears to be dropping too deep into midfield at times.
    • 38' Hoilett attempts an audacious through ball to Cisse but it's easily picked off by the Saints defence. QPR get it back and Granero shoots tamely wide.
    • 37' Good burst by Cork who glides past a couple of players before shooting straight at Julio Cesar from range.
    • 36' Bosingwa's cross into the box from the right is easily cleared by Yoshida.
    • 34' STAT: Southampton have lost all five of their Premier League away games this season conceding a joint-Premier League record 18 goals from the start of a campaign in those matches (along with Blackburn 2009-10).
    • 33' Ramirez has grown into the game and is now having a more serious impact. He was a bit flash early on.
    • 32' Ramirez's free header hits Nelsen and goes out for another corner.
    • 31' Puncheon wins a corner off Bosingwa at the other end.
    • 30' Taarabt hits a free-kick straight into the wall, before Yoshida completes the clearance for Southampton.
    • 28' Nelsen is having a strong first half for QPR, as is Taarabt, but there are a few players underperforming from the Hoops early on.
    • 27' The offside flag goes up agaisnt Cisse who chases Diakite's long ball out of defence. It was the correct call from the linesman.
    • 26' There are a few jeers ringing out at Loftus Road. Southampton look more of a team unit here.
    • 25' STAT: QPR have scored just five goals in their last seven Premier League matches at Loftus Road.
    • 23' QPR just couldn't clear their lines and they've paid the ultimate price. Saints with a deserved lead.
    • 22' GOAL! QPR 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON. Puncheon's shot is blocked on the line by Bosingwa but Lambert is there is follow up and put Saints ahead from close range!
    • 21' Lovely ball out wide from Puncheon to Lallana who delivers a fine cross into the area but there is no one to get on the end of it.
    • 19' Two poor crosses into the box from Jose Bosingwa and Diakite. There are a lot of mistakes out there at the moment.
    • 18' Cork dispossesses Diakite in midfield. The game has livened up considerably.
    • 15' Gazzaniga makes a bit of a mess of pushing a Junior Hoilett shot around the post, and then flaps at the resulting corner. Saints' goalkeeping problems show no sign of abating.
    • 14' Taarabt produces a terrific piece of trickery in the area before firing straight at Paulo Gazzaniga who pushes it out for a corner.
    • 13' Ramirez is dispossessed by Faurlin on the edge of the area after collecting a knockdown from Lambert.
    • 12' QPR are starting to settle into the game after a nervy start.
    • 11' Yoshida hacks the ball out of play with Cisse lurking on the edge of the box.
    • 9' There isn't a single player anywhere near Anton Ferdinand's flick on from the corner and Saints clear.
    • 9' QPR win the first corner of the game.
    • 8' Jason Puncheon curls in a cross aimed at Lallana and it strikes the QPR post with Cesar scrambling across his goal!
    • 6' A glorious exchange between Ramirez and Lallana results in the latter volleying just over from the edge of the area!
    • 5' QPR have hardly had the ball out of theior own half in these early stages. It's been a tentative start from them.
    • 4' Gaston Ramirez overhits a pass and the ball rolls through to Julio Cesar.
    • 3' It's been a scrappy start at Loftus Road. Southampton have setttled the better though.
    • 2' Rickie Lambert fails to make the most of an early opening by shifting the ball wide instead of shooting.
    • 2' This has been QPR's worst start to a league season for 44 years.
    • 1' We are off and underway at Loftus Road!
    • 14:57 If you want to discuss the game on Twitter, I'll try and be as active as I can. @SCoggin_journo
    • 14:55 Nigel Adkins on the prospect of the losing manager being sacked: “I'm pretty sure come Monday that both managers will still be in situ. I think there are two good managers and two good football clubs. The media will build it up that way because they have just highlighted two teams at the wrong end of the division."
    • 14:50 Mark Hughes: "Our hope was to finish in the top half and I still think that is a possibility. Obviously we need to start winning quickly and that is our intention at the weekend, but we feel we have the capacity, and we feel teams above us will have periods when they will struggle, like we have at the beginning. We feel now with injuries clearing that we are through our period and we hope to prove that at the weekend and kick on.”
    • 14:45 QPR’s Twitter-mad owner Tony Fernandes is a patient man and claims Hughes has his full backing, but all at Loftus Road are aware that a win must come soon if the west London club are not to get cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League.
    • 14:40 Mark Hughes’ QPR have yet to secure a win, despite improved performances of late. Some critics have pointed to a high turnover of players, contributing to a lack of continuity, as a chief reason why they are still winless in mid-November.
    • 14:35 These two newly promoted teams have won just one match between them all season. While Nigel Adkins’ Saints have shipped goals this season, they at least boast one victory – against Aston Villa in September.
    • 14:30 Southampton, who are missing Frazer Richardson and Richard Chaplow, have resisted the temptation to make changes after impressing for long spells in last weekend's 1-1 draw at home to Swansea.
    • 14:25 The two sides have named unchanged line-ups for this afternoon’s fixture which has been dubbed ‘El Sackico’ because of the precarious position of both managers. Djibril Cisse will lead the attack for Queens Park Rangers, with Junior Hoilett and Adel Taarabt providing the support.
    • 14:20 QUEENS PARK RANGERS: Cesar, Diakite, Traore, Ferdinand, Cisse, Taarabt, Granero, Nelsen, Bosingwa, Hoilett, Faurlin. Subs: Green, Derry, Wright-Phillips, Mackie, Dyer, Fabio, Ehmer. /// SOUTHAMPTON: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana, Ramírez, Lambert. Subs: K. Davis, Hooiveld, S. Davis, Rodriguez, Fox, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.
    • 14:15 Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Southampton’s trip to Loftus Road to face Queens Park Rangers.

  • Summary

    • 83' GOAL! QPR 1-3 SOUTHAMPTON. Ferdinand puts a right wing cross through his own net and Saints look to have sealed all three points here! Poor defending.
    • 79' Lambert finds Yoshida in the area and the Japanese defender's acrobatic effort is well saved by Julio Cesar.
    • 72' Saints break and Puncheon's low effort across goal is pushed away for a corner by Julio Cesar.
    • 71' Cisse runs onto a pass from midfield, cuts inside and curls wide of the far post.
    • 65' Puncheon goes close with an absolute rocket from outside the area. Julio Cesar helpless as the ball flies wide.
    • 64' Lambert wins a header at the back post and nods it down to Puncheon who fires his shot into the ground and just wide. Glorious chance for Puncheon.
    • 59' Mackie runs onto a lovely pass from Taarabt and finds Mackie whose cross is cleared away. Really exciting game.
    • 52' Saints go forward again and Lambert feeds the ball to Puncheon whose cross just misses Lambert.
    • 50' Julio Cesar makes a smart save to deny Puncheon.
    • 48' GOAL! QPR 1-2 SOUTHAMPTON. Gazzaniga makes a real hash of coming to collect Taarabt's cross and Hoilett heads home for QPR!
    • 47' QPR have started the second-half more positively, as Cisse gets on the end of a Taarabt cross and fires at Gazzaniga.
    • 45' GOAL! QPR 0-2 SOUTHAMPION. The jeers ring around Loftus Road as Clyne does well to retrieve the ball and find Puncheon who curls a fine left-footed effort past Julio Cesar from the edge of the area!
    • 37' Good burst by Cork who glides past a couple of players before shooting straight at Julio Cesar from range.
    • 22' GOAL! QPR 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON. Puncheon's shot is blocked on the line by Bosingwa but Lambert is there is follow up and put Saints ahead from close range!
    • 15' Gazzaniga makes a bit of a mess of pushing a Junior Hoilett shot around the post, and then flaps at the resulting corner. Saints' goalkeeping problems show no sign of abating.
    • 14' Taarabt produces a terrific piece of trickery in the area before firing straight at Paulo Gazzaniga who pushes it out for a corner.
    • 8' Jason Puncheon curls in a cross aimed at Lallana and it strikes the QPR post with Cesar scrambling across his goal!
    • 6' A glorious exchange between Ramirez and Lallana results in the latter volleying just over from the edge of the area!
    • 14:20 QUEENS PARK RANGERS: Cesar, Diakite, Traore, Ferdinand, Cisse, Taarabt, Granero, Nelsen, Bosingwa, Hoilett, Faurlin. Subs: Green, Derry, Wright-Phillips, Mackie, Dyer, Fabio, Ehmer. /// SOUTHAMPTON: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana, Ramírez, Lambert. Subs: K. Davis, Hooiveld, S. Davis, Rodriguez, Fox, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6.8 7
      Defenders
      Yellow Card Substitution Out74′ 4.6 5
      Own Goal 2.7 5
      4.9 6
      4.5 5
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out45′ 3.6 5
      5.9 5
      Substitution Out71′ 3.9 6
      6.7 7
      Strikers
      Goal 4 6
      4.6 5
      Subs
      Substitution In71′ 3 6
      Substitution In45′ 4.3 6
      Substitution In74′ 3 6
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      5.5 4
      Defenders
      6 7
      6.8 7
      7.7 7
      Substitution Out74′ 6.2 8
      Midfielders
      6.3 7
      Substitution Out62′ 6.6 7
      7 7
      Goal 7.8 8
      7.9 8
      Strikers
      Goal Substitution Out90′ 7.2 7
      Subs
      Substitution In62′ 6.7 6
      Substitution In74′ 6.8 6
      Substitution In90′ 6.5 6

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