Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest captain Henri Lansbury netted his side's equaliser from the penalty spot

Nottingham Forest won away from home for the first time since February, coming from behind to beat 10-man QPR.

Charlie Austin, who remained at Loftus Road despite Premier League interest during the summer, netted his fifth goal of the season from 20 yards.

Henri Lansbury levelled from the spot past Alex Smithies after QPR goalkeeper Robert Green had been sent off for bringing down debutant Chris O'Grady.

Another new Forest signing, substitute Nelson Oliveira, slotted in the winner.

QPR missed out on a fourth straight league win, while the visitors won for the first time in four games.

While Austin was inevitably the main focus, having stayed with Rangers beyond the transfer deadline, it was O'Grady who was able to turn the game in his side's favour.

Green was sent off for the first time since being red-carded for West Ham against Blackpool in 2012

After a dour first half of few chances, Austin broke the deadlock with a low left-footed shot that beat the diving Dorus de Vries.

But O'Grady, a loan signing from Brighton on deadline day, worked tirelessly throughout as Forest's lone front man and earned the penalty on which the game turned.

Green attempted to control a backpass but allowed the ball to squirm away from him, and committed a foul as O'Grady nipped in.

Replacement goalkeeper Smithies failed to keep out Lansbury's drilled spot-kick and was beaten again shortly afterwards by Oliveira, who side-footed home from 15 yards.

Forest, who were in action for the first time since top scorer Michail Antonio joined West Ham for a reported £7m, held on for their first win on the road since beating Reading 3-0 on 28 February.

Nelson Oliveira (r) scored Forest's winner 13 minutes after coming off the bench

QPR head coach Chris Ramsey:

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Ramsey on QPR v Forest

"I thought the backpass was poor and Rob made a decision, thought he could deal with it and unfortunately the guy (O'Grady) did well to keep running at him and cause him to bring him down.

"Then for the winning goal, I thought we could have defended that better. That goal wasn't down to us being down to 10 men, that was poor defensive play.

"It's very disappointing. At the time we had 11 players on the field I thought there was only going to be one winner."

Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman:

"I felt we were the better side and deserved to win the game. We played some fabulous football in the first half and took the sting out of the crowd.

"QPR had a 15-minute spell in the second half but, even when it was 11 versus 11, I felt were we playing well.

"Obviously the sending-off helped, although I felt that but for a trademark goal from Charlie Austin we were the better team."

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Line-ups

QPR

• 1GreenBooked at 72mins
• 24PerchBooked at 21mins
• 5Onuoha
• 26AngellaSubstituted forHallat 32'minutes
• 15Konchesky
• 20Henry
• 28TözsérSubstituted forGladwinat 86'minutes
• 7Phillips
• 21LuongoSubstituted forSmithiesat 73'minutes
• 8Chery
• 9Austin

Substitutes

• 4Hall
• 6Hill
• 11Gladwin
• 14Emmanuel-Thomas
• 16Doughty
• 23Hoilett
• 25Smithies

Nottm Forest

• 1de Vries
• 2Lichaj
• 5Mills
• 6Wilson
• 31Pinillos
• 10LansburyBooked at 88mins
• 4MancienneSubstituted forEbecilioat 52'minutesSubstituted forOliveiraat 69'minutes
• 24Vaughan
• 34WalkerSubstituted forWardat 45'minutes
• 29O'GradyBooked at 90mins
• 15Mendes da Graça

Substitutes

• 14Ebecilio
• 17Oliveira
• 19Ward
• 23Blackstock
• 25Hobbs
• 26Evtimov
• 27Burke

Referee:

Keith Hill

Attendance:

15,424

Match Stats

Home TeamQPRAway TeamNottm Forest

Possession

Home47%

Away53%

Shots

Home9

Away21

Shots on Target

Home2

Away7

Corners

Home4

Away4

Fouls

Home11

Away16

Live Text

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Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+7'

Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 2.

Booking

Posted at 90'+5'

Chris O'Grady (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Chris O'Grady (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 90'+5'

Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt blocked. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Ward.

Posted at 90'+3'

Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Charlie Austin tries a through ball, but Ben Gladwin is caught offside.

Posted at 90'+1'

Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Ben Gladwin (Queens Park Rangers).

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Ryan Mendes (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chris O'Grady.

Posted at 90'

Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers).

Posted at 89'

Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 89'

Foul by James Perch (Queens Park Rangers).

Posted at 89'

Hand ball by Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest).

Booking

Posted at 88'

Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 87'

Matthew Phillips (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 86'

Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Ben Gladwin replaces Daniel Tözsér.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Alex Smithies.

Posted at 84'

Attempt saved. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris O'Grady.

Goal!

Posted at 82'

Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Mendes.

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Ryan Mendes (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Vaughan.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Chris O'Grady (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Henri Lansbury.

Posted at 80'

Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers).

Posted at 76'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.

Goal!

Posted at 75'

Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Alex Smithies replaces Massimo Luongo.

Dismissal

Posted at 72'

Robert Green (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the red card.

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Penalty conceded by Robert Green (Queens Park Rangers) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 72'

Penalty Nottingham Forest. Chris O'Grady draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 71'

Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest).

Substitution

Posted at 69'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nélson Oliveira replaces Kyle Ebecilio.

Posted at 67'

Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Paul Konchesky tries a through ball, but Matthew Phillips is caught offside.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matthew Phillips.

Goal!

Posted at 65'

Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.

Posted at 63'

Attempt missed. Kyle Ebecilio (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Chris O'Grady.

Posted at 62'

Offside, Nottingham Forest. Dorus de Vries tries a through ball, but Chris O'Grady is caught offside.

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