Queens Park Rangers 4-2 Stoke City: Lyndon Dykes double helps Hoops to first home win

QPR, who edge above Rotherham United into 22nd, within three points of safety, are in action again on Friday, against Preston at Deepdale.

Stoke, who are winless from their four matches this month, are 17th and may be lower in the table by the time they travel to Devon on Saturday to face 20th-placed Plymouth Argyle.

QPR boss Marti Cifuentes:

“It was a rollercoaster of a game and a fantastic win for us.

“I am really happy, first of all for the players and for the supporters and because I really wanted to win this game in memory of Terry Venables.

“The players know all about a legend like him and the impact he had not only at QPR but in English football and at Barcelona.

“We mentioned that we wanted to go that extra mile to make sure we won the three points for his memory.”

Potters boss Alex Neil told BBC Radio Stoke:

“The penalty was so soft it’s ridiculous, then obviously the sending-off changes the game.

“That’s two key divisions that the referee has made which have completely impacted the flow of the match.

“And there is a third key incident when Ciaran Clark gets manhandled at the back post. If the first one is a penalty, then how he doesn’t give that one I don’t know.”