Championship (Week 45) : QPR defeats Forest 2-0
ENGLAND, Apr. 29, 2017 (AMP) — Championship / Match day 45: After 6 straigth defeats, QPR bounced back with a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest this Saturday.
45 minutes of play and neither QPR nor Nottingham Forest have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Washington Conor ('49) and Lynch ('60).
Queens Park Rangers climbed to 17th place with 53 points from 45 games, 2 points behind Ipswich Town FC.
View : Full Championship table (as of April 29, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 44 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 38 | 35 | 92 |
| 2 | Newcastle | 45 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 82 | 40 | 42 | 91 |
| 3 | Reading | 45 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 82 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 45 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 81 |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 45 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 81 |
| 6 | Fulham | 45 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 83 | 56 | 27 | 77 |
| 7 | Leeds United | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 46 | 14 | 74 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 81 | 69 | 12 | 67 |
| 9 | Derby County | 45 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 66 |
| 10 | Brentford | 45 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 62 | 12 | 64 |
| 11 | Preston | 45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 45 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 47 | -1 | 61 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 45 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 61 | -4 | 59 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 45 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 58 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 45 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 58 | -5 | 55 |
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 45 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 55 | -7 | 55 |
| 17 | QPR | 45 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 62 | -10 | 53 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 45 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 59 | -12 | 52 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 65 | -6 | 51 |
| 20 | Birmingham City | 45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 64 | -20 | 50 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 45 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 59 | 72 | -13 | 48 |
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers | 45 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 64 | -14 | 48 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 45 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 56 | -17 | 41 |
| 24 | Rotherham United | 45 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 39 | 97 | -58 | 22 |
Fixtures and Results : Championship 2016-2017
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Overview
Queens Park Rangers
- Position: 17 +2
- Best performance of the season:QPR 5-1 Rotherham United (18 Mar.)
- Previous game:Brentford 3-1 QPR (22 Apr.)
- Next game:Norwich City - QPR (7 May.)
Nottingham Forest FC
- Position: 21 -1
- Best performance of the season:Barnsley 2-5 Nottingham Forest (25 Nov.)
- Previous game:Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading (22 Apr.)
- Next game:Nottingham Forest - Ipswich Town (7 May.)
QPR
2:0
Nottingham Forest
2:0 (0:0)
- 29 April 2017
- 15:00
- London
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brighton & Hove Albion | 92 |
| 2 |  Newcastle | 91 |
| 3 |  Reading | 82 |
| 4 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 81 |
| 5 |  Huddersfield Town | 81 |
Week 45 Results
| Friday 28 April 2017 | ||||
 | Cardiff City | 0-2 | Newcastle | |
| Saturday 29 April 2017 | ||||
| Reading | 1-0 | Wigan Athletic |  |
 | Ipswich Town | 0-1 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| Preston | 1-1 | Rotherham United |  | |
 | Derby County | 3-1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |  |
| QPR | 2-0 | Nottingham Forest | |
 | Fulham | 1-1 | Brentford |  |
 | Leeds United | 3-3 | Norwich City |  |
 | Birmingham City | 2-0 | Huddersfield Town | |
 | Blackburn Rovers | 1-0 | Aston Villa |  |
| Barnsley | 1-1 | Burton Albion | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 17:30 | Bristol City | |