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Norwich City vs Queens Park Rangers. Sky Bet Championship.

Carrow RoadAttendance26,796.

Norwich City 4

  • E Buendía Stati (6th minute, sent off 71st minute)
  • M Stiepermann (12th minute)
  • T Pukki (38th minute, 85th minute)

Queens Park Rangers 0

    Norwich 4-0 QPR: Teemu Pukki scores twice for leaders

    Pukki takes tally for the season to 26 goals in Championship

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    Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Norwich City and QPR.

    Teemu Pukki scored twice as Norwich moved a step closer to promotion from the Sky Bet Championship with a comfortable 4-0 victory over managerless QPR on Saturday.

    QPR, who sacked manager Steve McClaren earlier in the week, were blown away in the first half at Carrow Road.

    Emiliano Buendia scored after six minutes before Marco Stiepermann fired in a second and then Pukki added a third after a defensive mix-up in the 38th minute.

    Player ratings

    Norwich: Krul (6), Aarons (7), Zimmerman (7), Godfrey (7), Lewis (7), Trybull (7), McLean (7), Buendia (5), Stiepermann (7), Hernandez (7), Pukki (8)

    Subs: Cantwell (5), Leitner (5), Rhodes (5)

    QPR: Lumley (4), Rangel (4), Furlong (4), Lynch (4), Bidwell (4), Wszolek (4), Cousins (4), Cameron (5), Freeman (4), Eze (5), Wells (5)

    Subs: Leistner (5), Scowen (5), Osayi-Samuel (5)

    Man of the match: Teemu Pukki

    Buendia was shown a straight red in the 71st minute for a reckless tackle on Josh Scowen but Norwich remained in control and added a fourth through Pukki to move eight points clear of Leeds at the top of the table.

    Both Leeds and third-placed Sheffield United, who are 10 points off top spot, can close the gap later on Saturday, but Norwich now look almost certain to earn promotion to the Premier League after three seasons in the Championship.

    NORWICH, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Emi Buendia of Norwich City celebrates his opening goal during the Sky Bet Championship match between Norwich City and Brentford at Carrow Road stadium on October 27, 2018 in Norwich, England. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)
    Image: Emi Buendia celebrates his opening goal

    Certainly it would be difficult to see any team stopping Norwich if play as they did in the first half against Rangers, who were managed by John Eustace following McClaren's dismissal.

    Max Aarons teed up Buendia to sweep home in the sixth minute before Joe Lumley failed to keep out a 20-yard shot from Stiepermann that was down the middle of the goal.

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    QPR couldn't get a foothold in the game and were fortunate not to fall further behind as Lumley saved from Onel Hernandez, who then shot wide when he should have squared for Pukki to tap in.

    NORWICH, ENGLAND - APRIL 06: Emi Buendia of Norwich City is shown a red card by referee Scott Duncan and is sent off during the Sky bet Championship match between Norwich City and Queens Park Rangers at Carrow Road on April 06, 2019 in Norwich, England. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
    Image: Buendia was shown a red card

    Hernandez also dragged a shot wide before Buendia was denied by Lumley at the near post.

    Tim Krul was called into action for the first time in the 37th minute to keep out a volley from Angel Rangel, but QPR then gifted Norwich a third as Luke Freeman gave the ball away outside his own box and Pukki slotted past Lumley.

    Team news

    Norwich were unchanged for the eighth match in a row while QPR made five changes. Furlong, Cousins, Cameron, Eze and Wells came into the team while Luongo missed out with illness.

    Norwich appeared to ease off a little in the second half and Krul even had to make a sharp low save to keep out a header from Darnell Furlong.

    Buendia was then sent off as he dived in on Scowen in the QPR left-back position.

    But it didn't impact the game as Pukki scored again in the 85th minute to take his tally to 26 for the season in the Championship.

    Man of the match - Teemu Pukki

    Pukki ended a four-game goal drought with another impressive display for Norwich. His movement around the pitch was excellent and he coolly finished both clear chances that fell his way.

    The managers

    Daniel Farke: "We controlled the game, we were brilliant in the first half and created so many chances. I am even more happy with the clean sheet. It's always a sign of quality when you are able to control the game and it was important to finish today with a clean sheet."

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    Norwich manager Daniel Farke gives his reaction to the win

    John Eustace: "It was a tough afternoon. I was really disappointed with the way we started the game. We changed the shape at half-time and were more competitive but we are a bit low on confidence at the moment and you could probably see that."

    What's next?

    Norwich host Reading on Wednesday and then travel to Wigan next Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

    QPR travel to Millwall on Wednesday before hosting Swansea on Saturday.

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