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Rumarn Burrell scored his 10th goal for Queens Park Rangers since moving to the club from Burton Albion in the summer Rayan Kolli came off the bench to score his first Championship goals of the season as QPR comfortably beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in freezing conditions at Loftus Road. Rumarn Burrell had given the hosts the lead with his 10th goal of the season before going off shortly after with a suspected hamstring injury. Julien Stephan's side struggled to kill the game off despite dominating the play and limiting their opponents to just three shots, until Kolli smashed the ball beyond Owls keeper Pierce Charles with nine minutes of normal time remaining. The 20-year-old doubled his tally seven minutes later, taking advantage of some slack defending to wrap up the points for his side and end a run of three games without a win for the Rs. Rayan Kolli came off the bench to score his first Championship goals of the season for QPR With several EFL games called off due to frozen pitches around the country, including two in the Championship, the game went ahead in bitterly cold conditions in west London. The Hoops were forced into a change before the match even kicked off, with Steve Cook replacing Liam Morrison in defence because of an apparent injury picked up in the warm-up. And for much of the first half, the dangers of playing in such temperatures carried the biggest threat for the hosts - as the Owls failed to register a single shot. QPR dominated from the start and after blazing over from close range, Jamaica international Burrell latched on to Nicolas Madsen's through ball before beating Northern Ireland goalkeeper Charles at his near post for his first goal in seven appearances. Minutes later Burrell went up for a cross but landed in a heap holding his hamstring and was replaced by Kolli on 20 minutes. The hosts then lost midfielder Jonathan Varane after he was injured in a challenge with Sean Fusire as what should have been a routine win threatened to turn into a logistical nightmare for QPR boss Stephan. The Owls were much-improved after the break and finally had their first shot in the 65th minute when Harry Amass blazed wide, before Charlie Mc Neill drew a save from the recalled Ben Hamer a minute later. Kolli put two chances over the bar as the Hoops searched for the second goal. And it was the 20-year-old substitute who eventually delivered, blasting the ball beyond Charles from the edge of the area to make it 2-0, and then latching on to Kieran Morgan's header while the Wednesday defence was caught napping to bury his second of the game. The result moves QPR up to ninth in the table and two points outside the play-off places with the 15: 00 GMT kick-offs to come, while the Owls remain rooted at the bottom on -7 points. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 4th January 2026 at 15: 49 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Julien Stéphan Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Henrik Pedersen Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Julien Stéphan Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Henrik Pedersen Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions QPR are winless in their last five league games against Sheffield Wednesday (D2 L3), since a 4-1 home win in April 2021. Sheffield Wednesday have won their last two away league games against QPR, both by a 2-0 scoreline. They’ve never won three in a row away against the Hoops before. Sheffield Wednesday have won four of their last seven away league games against London sides (L3), as many as they had in their previous 20 (D5 L11). They have lost both visits to the capital this season, however. QPR are winless in their last five league games played on a Sunday (D2 L3), with this their first Sunday match since a 1-1 draw with Norwich in December 2024. Sheffield Wednesday have lost seven of their last eight league games played on a Sunday (W1), including each of the last five in a row. Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 3, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 3, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Favour Onukwuli replaces Bailey Cadamarteri. Foul by Gabriel Otegbayo (Sheffield Wednesday). Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday). Koki Saito (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Cole Mc Ghee (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Otegbayo following a set piece situation. Nathan Redmond (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers). Attempt missed. Koki Saito (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time. Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Karamoko Dembélé is caught offside. Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Devlan Moses replaces Charlie Mc Neill. Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Rio Shipston replaces Sean Fusire. Goal! Queens Park Rangers 3, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Kieran Morgan with a headed pass. Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kieran Morgan replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies. Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Isaac Hayden replaces Richard Kone. Foul by Cole Mc Ghee (Sheffield Wednesday). Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.