Cardiff v QPR 20JAN21 0 - 1 FT 17th/27pts

Yet another save from Dieng.

3 points, it's all over. 1 -0 and a brilliant win. Well deserved and Dieng was superb.

So...I guess we just push on for promotion

This was the MotM for me, despite Willock's efforts and Ball & Chair's doggedness in midfield

Would add that all the stats (apart from yellow card distribution) were very even. So a great, hard fought win in atrocious conditions gives us 27 points and a move up to 17th place.

I hope there were no scouts watching because Dieng did brilliant tonight and we don't want those Premiership clubs pinching him just yet. He is just going to get better the more he plays.

Willock will also be over the moon to get his first goal tonight. 

Post Cardiff Stats:

Some good stats here this time (even if I do say so myself!)....

The win lifts us 2 places to 17th

This is only 3 places below where we were after 24 games last season

We are now 7 points above the bottom 3. Given that Rotherham have 2 games in hand the gap is realistically 5 points - which is the gap to Derby in 21st.

It is only our 6th win of the season and 2 have come against Cardiff - giving us our first league double of the season.

It also means that QPR have back to back league wins just 20 days into 2021, having only managed the feat once in 2020 - a feat we didn't manage until November - which ironically included the home win Vs Cardiff earlier this season

Also with our 7th clean sheet we've broken the record of 6 from last season... with 22 matches to spare

It is our first back to back away wins since September 2019.

But incredibly the last time QPR won 2 simultaneous away league games in the same season (played back to back with no home match in between) was 7 1/2 years ago in 2013. Back then we beat both Leeds & Bolton 1-0. We've won consecutive away games since, but with home matches or pre-season in between.

We are also unbeaten in our last 5 away league games. We haven't managed that feat in just under 5 years - last achieved in February 2016.

As for the players...

Tom Carroll missed only his second match this season and first since October.

Osman Kakay returned after missing the last 6 matches in all competitions.

Chris Willock was the 10th different QPR player to score in the league this season.

Slightly negative but just a fact - Lyndon Dykes has now gone 10 league games without a goal (11 including the cup)

Charlie Austin has a 100% win record. Need I say more?

Cardiff have sacked Harris after their defeat to the mighty R's made it 6 defeats in a row.