Coventry City 2-0 QPR: Gyokeres brace seals Sky Blues' fourth straight win
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Viktor Gyokeres has scored in each of his last three Championship games
In-form Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres struck both goals to see off QPR and register their fourth straight win.
The Sky Blues forward opened the scoring in the 11th minute, rifling home after good work by Callum O'Hare.
O'Hare then supplied the assist as Gyokeres wrapped up victory with a clinical finish late on - his fourth goal in three games.
Coventry, in the bottom three until the start of November, have soared to 11th place while Rangers - who led the table three weeks ago - slip out of the play-off positions.
The Sky Blues started strongly, with O'Hare picking out Gustavo Hamer for a back-post header that Seny Dieng did well to keep out.
However, Dieng was beaten soon afterwards when Ethan Laird's clearance rebounded off O'Hare and into the path of Jamie Allen, who teed up Gyokeres to thunder his shot in off the bar.
The Swedish striker might have doubled his tally soon afterwards, but Dieng denied him at the near post, while O'Hare fired into the side netting just before the break.
Rangers' best moments came from Ilias Chair. His free-kick was headed over by Rob Dickie before the Morocco international rounded Ben Wilson, but was unable to finish from a tight angle.
Wilson was called into action to preserve Coventry's lead - and ensure a fourth consecutive clean sheet - in the second half, tipping over Dickie's powerful drive from distance.
But the home side made the points safe with 12 minutes remaining as O'Hare found space and played in Gyokeres to slot past Dieng.
The QPR keeper denied Gyokeres his hat-trick late on, pushing away a header from Josh Eccles' cross.
The Londoners have now dropped to seventh place in the Championship after taking just one point from their last five games.
Coventry manager Mark Robins told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire:
"It was up there with the best performances we've seen. It was an even game really but we played some brilliant football and kept their chances down to very few.
"They were building momentum, then all of a sudden we get a second goal and it was class football - a brilliant pass back inside from Callum [O'Hare) and Vik [Gyokeres] was really calm to finish it.
"The atmosphere was electric, our support was really noisy and that helped us over the line.
"It's been a phenomenal 12-game spell - from the Middlesbrough game to now is an incredible turnaround."
QPR head coach Mick Beale told BBC Radio London 94.9:
"We took part in a good game without showing any ruthlessness in the final third. I thought their centre-forward was the best player on the pitch and that was the difference between the teams today.
"The first goal was a sloppy one to give away. We were trying to avoid giving away a corner and in the same moment we end up throwing away a goal.
"In the second half for 25 to 30 minutes we were doing all the pushing, then they go up the other end and score.
"This is a disappointing run - it's our blip but we find ourselves still in the top seven, so there's a positive in that."