An injury time own goal by Richard Dunne cancelled out a second half penalty by Barry Bannan to end yet another game in stalemate, but a win would have been thoroughly undeserved.
The first half is not worth talking about. It was as bad as anything I’ve seen from Villa in recent years and, let’s face it, we’ve seen some poor stuff lately. QPR bossed two thirds of the possession and managed to outpass us almost 2:1.
The second half was a
It’s our first away trip to QPR since 1995 and we’re in dire need of a better result than the 1-0 loss we suffered that day after the downbeat nature of our Carling Cup exit.
With Darren Bent and Emile Heskey injured, here’s how the managers will go looking for three points today:
QPR
Aston Villa
1
Patrick Kenny
1
Shay Given
18
Luke Young
2
Alan Hutton
35
Anton Ferdinand
6
James Collins
5
Fitz Hall
5
Richard Dunne
13
Armand Traore
3
Stephen Warnock
11
Alejandro Faurlin
25
Barry Bannan
17
Joey Barton
19
Stiliyan Petrov
4
Shaun Derry
16
Fabian Delph
32
Shaun Wright-Phillips
7
Stephen Ireland
10
Jay Bothroyd
10
Charles N’Zogbia
7
Adel Taarabt
11
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Subs
Subs
26
Brian Murphy
22
Brad Guzan
2
Bradley Orr
23
Habib Beye
14
Ákos Buzsáky
34
Shane