Well it was a long way out in truth, but that was pretty forgetful from Andy Carroll. Straight at the feet of the two-man wall.

Rangers start to stitch a few passes together in the midfield with Ilias Chair, Stefan Johansen and Osman Kakay all involved, eventually forcing a corner.

Again it's easily dealt with before Reading get the ball forward to Lucas Joao, who is fouled by Jake Clarke-Salter. Jeff Hendrick and Andy Carroll looking at this.

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Jimmy Dunne loses the ball in his own half and Nesta Guinness-Walker dances past him before being taken down by Tim Iroegbunam, who takes the yellow card.

The free-kick is poor though and the home side get on the ball for their first meaningful period of the second half.

Andy Carroll takes down a long ball and is fouled by Sam Field, who goes straight through him.

It's lifted in by Nesta Guinness-Walker and the ball finds it's way over to Carroll, but eventually it bobbles out for a goal kick.

QPR finally get some respite as Mamadou Loum catches Tyler Roberts as the hosts try to break.

But the ball is back with Reading and they go again, polar opposite to the start of the first half.

Positive start from Reading as they knock the ball around the front players.

Nesta Guinness-Walker launches a couple of long throw-ins looking for the big front players and the second finds Lucas Joao, who outmuscles the QPR defenders to get his head on it and send it over the top of the bar.

Guinness-Walker throws in another and this time Andy Carroll gets his head on it but the Hoops get it away.

Rangers can't get out at the moment.

The first half had two big penalty decisions...

QPR weren't given one when the ball struck the hand of Sam Hutchinson inside the box, but Reading did get a spot-kick for a challenge on Lucas Joao by Tim Iroegbunam.

How many of the decisions did referee Thomas Bramall get correct? Let us know using #bbcefl on Twitter.

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Reading get us going in the second half, no changes from either manager.

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Some interesting news coming from the north east for you now.

Middlesbrough are keen to speak to former England and Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick about their vacant manager's job.

Boro sacked Chris Wilder on 3 October, with the club 22nd in the Championship.

Goalkeeping coach Leo Percovich is in temporary charge and secured a win over Birmingham at the Riverside Stadium on Wednesday.

However, Carrick is on owner Steve Gibson's radar as a potential candidate to take the job permanently.

Read the full story here.

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Elsewhere today, Hull City say they have been "unable to reach a mutually agreeable position" with Pedro Martins over becoming head coach and have cancelled negotiations.

The Portuguese had been in talks with the Championship club all week and sat with owner Acun Ilicali for their home win over Wigan on Wednesday.

Hull sacked Shota Arveladze ahead of their 2-0 defeat by Luton last Friday.

"Pedro is a great coach but we didn't feel we were able to meet his demands," Ilicali told the club's website.

The Tigers face Huddersfield at the John Smith's Stadium on Sunday.

Read the full story here.

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We might already be halfway through events at Loftus Road tonight but we're hardly scratching the surface when it comes to the weekend's football.

Follow more live coverage with us tomorrow from 15:00 BST as Championship leaders Sheffield United travel to Stoke, Norwich host Preston and struggling Coventry face Vincent Kompany's Burnley team.

We'll have live coverage of all the Championship games, as well as updates from League One and League Two.

Steve Brown
Former Charlton Athletic defender on BBC Radio London

I enjoyed that.

QPR had large spells of possession and kept the ball for long periods, but they've only had two shots on target.

Reading do defend well as a team and do look quite threatening, certainly aerially.

Ady Williams
Sport presenter and former Reading captain on BBC Radio Berkshire

QPR have been the better team.

They will be happy that they got back into the game so quickly after Reading scored that penalty.

1-1 at half-time though - the visitors will take that.

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The referee blows up to end an entertaining first half at Loftus Road.

Rangers made the stronger start, controlling the ball and the tempo of the game.

Tyler Roberts brought a fine save out of Seny Dieng in the Reading goal as the hosts looked for the opener.

The hosts were calling for a penalty when Tim Iroegbunam's header struck the arm of Sam Hutchinson in the Reading box for what looked like a clear spot kick.

But it was the Royals who got their chance from the spot on the half-hour mark, as Lucas Joao went down under a clumsy challenge from Iroegbunam and Andy Carroll calmly dispatched the penalty.

QPR were level three minutes later through Lyndon Dykes' header.

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Andy Carroll is in the book now for a hefty challenge on Tyler Roberts.

The big striker gets in late and wipes him out, sore one for the winger. But he's up and is good to carry on.

Two minutes of added time.

Andy Carroll causing all kinds of problems for the QPR defence at the corner as they get it behind for a second.

This time they get it away.

One minute left of the first half plus what could be quite a few minutes of added time.

Let's recap quickly then.

Reading turned the ball over in the QPR half through great pressure from Tyrese Fornah and Lucas Joao, who exchanged passes before Joao went down to win the penalty.

Andy Carroll stepped up to score before Lyndon Dykes equalised just three minutes later.

Sam Hutchinson won't play any more of this match, he becomes the second casualty after Ethan Laird, who went off with a hamstring injury earlier for QPR.

Junior Hoilett is on for the Royals.

QPR are almost in again as Tyler Roberts gets on the ball and breaks down the right.

He slides the ball across, looking for Ilias Chair, but Reading manage to just get back and get the ball away.

They now have Sam Hutchinson down injured.

Ady Williams
Sport presenter and former Reading captain on BBC Radio Berkshire

A great header!

With the ball sliding off this slick surface in the rain, Reading keeper Joe Lumley didn't have a chance.