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QPR score twice in three minutes to fight back and beat Luton Frey volleyed QPR in front after Madsen had levelled Dunne own goal had given Hatters lead Luton remain winless from opening four matches QPR's first league win of the season Chris Peddy Luton 1-2 QPR Leon Barnett Former Luton defender on BBC Three Counties Radio It's still a bit funny to see there’s no movement from the Luton bench. They’ve got to bring someone on. Morris probably needs a breather. Let’s get someone in behind. I’d probably gamble and bring Joe Taylor on. Luton 1-2 QPR Luton put together their first decent passing move since QPR's first goal. Elijah Adebayo, Amari'i Bell and Shandon Baptiste combine before Adebayo shoots from a narrow angle but isn't going to trouble Hoops goalkeeper Paul Nardi. Better from the hosts. Luton 1-2 QPR Aaron Paul BBC Radio 5 Live reporter QPR have turned this one on its head. It’s a delicious cross from Paal. Frey volleys it in at the near post. Nothing Kaminski can do about it. Luton 1-2 QPR Phil Parry QPR commentator on BBC Radio London Frey goes from creator. .. to absolute piledriver finisher. Luton 1-2 QPR It's an excellent finish from Michael Frey, who has been a complete nuisance for the Luton defence in this second half. It's his third goal of the season and QPR have looked like a different team since Marti Cifuentes sent on the energetic Paul Smyth. Can Luton hit back? Luton 1-2 QPR Bradley Allen Ex-QPR striker on BBC Radio London I’m not sure you’re going to see a better goal. What a finish. He showed his physical qualities moments ago, but he’s showed his technical qualities there. It’s a beautiful cross. Frey got into the danger area, and punched the ball with perfect volley contact into the corner. Michael Frey Wow! Just as Luton's opener changed the course of the first half, Nicolas Madsen's equaliser has done the same in the second. Except this time QPR have made their dominance count. Kenneth Paal swings a cross in after neat build-up play from Karamoko Dembele and Madsen. Michael Frey started the move off and was all alone at the back post to volley past Thomas Kaminski to score the Hoops' second goal in three minutes and turn the match on its head. Luton 1-1 QPR Bradley Allen Ex-QPR striker on BBC Radio London Whether the Luton defender Mc Guinness lost flight of the ball in the floodlights, I don’t know. It’s a long curling punt forward from Cook. Frey uses his presence, hustles and bustles, makes it awkward. He unselfishly offloads the ball into the path of Madsen, who slots in from six yards out. Rangers back in this game. That goal might prove to be very big. Nicolas Madsen It's a first QPR goal for Nicolas Madsen but this is all about Michael Frey! The striker outmuscles Luton centre-back Mark Mc Guinness to get beyond him. He feels the touch in the box but doesn't go down and passes it across for Madsen to slot past Thomas Kaminski and level the score. Luton 1-0 QPR Paul Smyth is coming on for QPR to replace Alfie Lloyd, who had moments in the first half that showed his quality. Nicolas Madsen goes out to the left with Karamoko Dembele taking on the 10 role and Smyth out on the right. Luton 1-0 QPR Paul Nardi produces a huge stop to deny Elijah Adebayo and keep the score 1-0. The striker finds himself clean through but Nardi makes himself big and comes out to smother the shot. A big let-off for QPR, who are about to make changes. Luton 1-0 QPR Bradley Allen Ex-QPR striker on BBC Radio London Poor defending from QPR, it just drifted to Morris who was free at the back post. He’s nudged the ball back across, put it on a plate. But no one’s there to win the header. QPR are a bit fortunate. Luton 1-0 QPR Alfie Doughty floats the ball in for Carlton Morris to head back across, with Shandon Baptiste's shot deflecting behind. Paul Nardi goes to meet the resulting corner and knocks the ball into his own player, with the danger eventually cleared. The Hoops look very vulnerable from set plays. Luton 1-0 QPR Now Sam Field goes into the book for pulling back Luton captain Carlton Morris. Alfie Doughty will swing this one in. Luton 1-0 QPR Karamoko Dembele swings in a free-kick which bounces through to force a save from Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski. Alfie Doughty is shown a yellow card for the free-kick. Luton 1-0 QPR Geoff Doyle Luton commentator on BBC Three Counties Radio Teden Mengi comes on for Luton. Surely that means he’s staying. They wouldn’t risk it, would they? Luton 1-0 QPR So Luton lead - but only by one. This is still wide open but QPR will need a similarly strong start to the second half as they did to the first. Luton once again controlling the ball in the early stages though. Luton 1-0 QPR The away side kick off the second half in Luton. Teden Mengi is on in place of Reece Burke for the hosts. Sunday fixture: Sheff Utd v Watford (15: 00 BST) Our weekend of Championship football concludes on Sunday when Sheffield United host Watford. Tom Cleverley's Hornets have won all five of their matches so far this season, including two in the EFL Cup. Can they make is six in a row at Bramall Lane? We'll be across all the action on the BBC Sport website and local radio. HT: Luton 1-0 QPR Aaron Paul BBC Radio 5 Live reporter The goal came very much against the run of play. Paul Nardi made a really good save from a powering Mark Mc Guinness header. But then the ball collided with his defender Jimmy Dunne and trickled into the back of the net. Luton have looked decent since and are in control. Michael Frey joined QPR in the January transfer window Michael Frey made one goal and scored the winner in a masterly centre-forward’s display as QPR scored twice in three minutes to come from behind and beat Luton Town. Frey powered home a beautifully measured volley to earn Rangers their first Championship win of the season, just moments after his brute strength and awareness had teed up Nicolas Madsen to level the scores. The equaliser had come against the run of play, as was the case with Luton’s first-half opener which was gifted to them when the unfortunate Jimmy Dunne bundled the ball into his own net from close range. Luton, who remain winless with just one point and two goals from their four league fixtures, barely threatened an equaliser until injury time. A frantic finish saw Carlton Morris denied by keeper Paul Nardi's fine save and Joe Taylor head over from close range. But the spirited late rally could not salvage a draw or stop a few boos echoing around Kenilworth Road at the full-time whistle. Relive QPR's victory over the Hatters Without a victory between them in their opening three league matches, and just three days after QPR edged past Luton on penalties in the EFL Cup, a tentative start seemed likely. But for 17 minutes, QPR retained possession impressively, seized control of the midfield and looked sharp in attack. The experienced Jack Colback, back in the side after suspension, was the instigator of much of their best work, with some neat combination play between Madsen, Kenneth Paal and Frey creating several promising situations. Alfie Lloyd on the left and Karamoko Dembele on the opposite flank both stood out, however, the latter missed a golden chance to make their superiority count, lashing the ball wide of the far post with his weaker right foot after some super build-up play by Frey. Luton had been surprisingly passive, but the urgency returned after that wake-up call and they led moments after their first attempt on goal forced a corner which was only half-cleared. Shandon Baptiste crossed the ball back in and although a thumping header by Mark Mc Guinness was saved by Nardi, the ball rebounded back off Dunne and into the net. Elijah Adebayo and Tahith Chong started to threaten and the Hatters were furious they were not awarded a penalty when Morris and Colback tussled in the box. But QPR regained their composure and finished the half strongly, Frey going closest to levelling the score with a 20-yard strike that went just wide. A calmer second half followed as Luton defended aggressively and denied the visitors space in the final third. The Hatters also had the better chances, causing problems from set-pieces and squandering a great one-on-one chance opportunity when Adebayo was thwarted by the on-rushing Nardi. But burly Swiss forward Frey outmuscled Mc Guinness to lay on the leveller for Madsen - the Dane's first goal for the club. And Frey then coolly grabbed his second league goal in four Championship fixtures and his third in five games this season when he guided Paal’s inviting cross beyond Thomas Kaminski. Luton boss Rob Edwards: “It’s on me, and it’s on us, there’s no doubt about it. “We put ourselves in a great position to win the game, 1-0 up and I thought playing really well in the first half, I thought we were still in really good control until their first goal. “I thought we should have gone 2-0 up, we had a big, big chance, but that can happen. The goals were really disappointing, I’ve been saying that for too long and again, it’s on me, I’m not blaming anyone. “People can make mistakes, but then there’s got to come a point where we’ve got to deal with the better. “It’s too easy for them to score the first goal which rocked us for a minute or two, I don’t think we should have thrown the ball into Shandon (Baptiste) for the second goal and then we didn’t defend the cross. ” QPR boss Marti Cifuentes: “They’re a very physical side, they scored, that was the first moment and six or seven minutes of the second half they were very dominant. “Nardi made a great save to keep us in the game, and after that we made some adjustments, but against a team that pressed so high and being so dynamic, it’s about getting the right combination. “We got to 1-1 and that was the case. We got in behind them, we managed to get the goal which was exceptional and then we were very good. “We got the second goal, we had good control, the last four or five minutes we came under pressure, but it was a good shift. ” Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 30th August 2024 at 21: 53 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Rob Edwards Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Martí Cifuentes Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Luton won both league meetings with QPR the last time they met in 2022-23, as many victories as they’d managed in their previous 25 against the Hoops (D9 L14). QPR have lost just two of their last 12 away league games against Luton (W5 D5), though one of these was in their most recent visit in October 2022 (1-3). Luton lost 4-1 at home to Burnley in their opening league game of the season; they haven’t lost successive Championship matches at Kenilworth Road since November 2021. QPR have lost just one of their last eight away league games (W4 D3), after having lost four of their first eight such games under Martí Cifuentes (W2 D2). QPR’s Karamoko Dembele has created more chances than any other player in the Championship this season (12) with the nine he created against Plymouth Argyle last time out the most by a Rs player in a league game since Luke Freeman versus Brentford in April 2017 (also 9). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.