Mario Vrancic was the provider of Stoke's goal and he clearly fancies getting on the scoresheet himself.

Finds a bit of space on the run to line-up on his right foot but it goes harmlessly over the bar and behind.

More Stoke pressure.

Tyrese Campbell forces yet another corner for the visitors.

Bit of head tennis follows around the QPR box before Seny Dieng claims it safely above his head.

Stoke still showing their attacking threat coming forward and they should be 2-0 up!

Steven Fletcher's shot from close range comes off the post via a deflection from Yoann Barbet.

Josh Tymon's low cross from the left set it up after some good build up work from Tyrese Campbell.

QPR ramping up the pressure on Stoke now.

Ilias Chair popping up on the right side now with a low ball across the six-yard box, but neither Charlie Austin nor Sam Field can slide in to get a telling touch.

Ben Wilmot, with his long flowing blonde ponytail almost identical to former QPR favourite Darren Peacock, makes a brave sliding challenge to out the ball behind for a QPR corner.

But his side deal with both that delivery to the front post and then a Stefan Johansen free-kick that follows a couple of minutes later.

Big old-fashioned clearance kick from Stoke goalkeeper Adam Davies sees him land the ball on the roof of the stand.

Always gets loud ironic cheers from the crowd that sort of moment but illustrative of his side's non-nonsense approach so far.

Yoann Barbet clumsily too late on an attempted challenge on Tyrese Campbell in the middle of the park.

Referee chooses not to hand out a booking on this occasion but will no doubt have his eyes closely on that particular contest from hereon.

Great use by one QPR fan in the front few rows of a poncho.

Needs must in order to keep dry on days like this.

His side meanwhile trying to keep possession and carve a way through this Stoke side.

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Michael O'Neill must be a happy man in that Stoke dugout but he also looks a bit of a damp one in the afternoon drizzle.

That official club coat of his certainly showing its waterproof merits.

Chris Willock trying to conjure up something to get QPR back on level terms.

But his diagonal ball into the area towards the back post and Charlie Austin runs too far and harmlessly behind for a goal kick.

Stoke fans in fine voice after that goal and now we'll see what QPR are made of.

Seny Dieng onces again has to rush off his line outside his box to clear his lines as Stoke try and get in behind the hosts' back line again.

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Energetic start to this game despite the damp conditions.

Good intensity from QPR and it's not hard to see why they're a team in form.

Down the other end, Seny Dieng makes a fine stop, even though he didn't actually need to.

But he wasn't to know that Steven Fletcher had crept just offside from Tyrese Campbell's poked ball through and Dieng stopped the Scotland international not just once, but twice from close range.

He then gets to his feet and realises the flag had gone up even if the whistle hadn't been blown.

QPR so close once again and Ilias Chair denied by a fine save from Stoke keeper Adam Davies.

Somehow despite being the shortest man on the pitch, Chair manages to get his head on a cross from the left and the ball skids across the wet pitch towards goal only for Davies to palm it away to his left.

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A fantastically-observed minute's applause around the ground from all supporters in memory of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.

QPR captain Stefan Johansen even asks for a throw-in to be delayed so he too can join in the tributes to the six-year-old.

More early pressure from QPR as Osman Kakay sends a deep cross in from the right towards Chris Willock.

But Ben Wilmot does well to cut it out for Stoke and heads it behind.

Sadly for the hosts, they don't make the most of the corner once again.

Stefan Johansen's tame corner is easily cleared by the visitors.

Stoke not seeing a huge amount of the ball in these early exchanges.

QPR with the early attacking foray.

Ilias Chair forces a corner by getting down the left before his attempted ball back across is deflected behind.

And away we go.

QPR in their traditional blue and white hoops, Stoke in their away kit of green shirts and black shorts.

Tony Harrington our referee blows his whistle!