Aston Villa consolidated their position in the Championship play-off places with a 2-1 victory over QPR at Loftus Road.
There wasn’t much to talk about in the opening fifteenth minutes, but QPR took the lead in the eighteenth minute when Jamie Mackie poked home after Sam Johnstone had failed to deal with a corner.
Josh Onomah and Keinan Davis had decent chances to draw Villa level, but they were denied by fine saves from Alex Smithies. It looked like Villa would go in at the break a goal down, but they were awarded a penalty with seconds to go after Jack Robinson handled in the box. Adomah calmly converted from the spot.
Villa were the better team for most the match, and they converted their dominance into a lead when Adomah fired in off the post in the 58th minute. QPR tried to salvage a point, but Villa held on to claim a valuable 3 points.
Here are our player ratings for this afternoon’s win over QPR:
