West Brom 1 - 0 Queens Park Ranger

West Brom piled more pressure on QPR with a 1-0 victory as a 30-yard Graham Dorrans strike settled a poor game at the Hawthorns.

Neither side could dominate the encounter and chances were at a premium with both goalkeepers rarely tested in the 90 minutes.

The game was won with the one moment of brilliance in the match as Dorrans fired an excellent long-range strike past Paddy Kenny and into the back of the net midway through the first half.


Bobby Zamora could have got QPR level but he was unable to direct any of the chances he had on goal.

The game started at a very slow pace with neither side showing any real signs of quality on the ball and as a result chances were few and far between.

The home side did create an opening in the eighth minute when Marc-Antoine Fortune robbed Shaun Derry deep inside the QPR half and rolled the ball into the path of Odemwingie, but he dragged his left foot shot wide of the goal.

Midway through the opening half the first real moment of quality brought the first goal and it was a lovely strike from Dorrans.

Odemwingie laid the ball into the path of the Scottish midfielder, and he fired a 30-yard strike into the back of the net with Kenny only able to get fingertips to it.

The visitors only were hardly in the game but they did create two good openings in the opening half, the first of which fell to Samba Diakite in the 33rd minute.

Jamie Mackie twisted and turned Liam Ridgewell inside out on the right-hand side before rolling the ball into the Mali midfielder inside the penalty area.

He was able to turn his defender but fired the wrong side of Ben Foster's left hand post.

Six minutes later QPR should have been level but Zamora was unable to get a header on target from inside the six-yard box.

Joey Barton delivered an inch-perfect cross from the right with the outside of his right boot and although Zamora got above his marker he sprayed his header wide.

West Brom began the second half keen to double their advantage and they came very close in the openings minutes as Billy Jones struck the post following a neat move.

The visitors began to press again and the introduction of Shaun Wright-Phillips gave them some extra impetus but Foster continued to be untested.

Zamora had another fantastic chance in the 75th minute but he made an absolute mess after great work from Adel Taarabt.

It was the Moroccan's last involvement in the game as he rolled a low pass onto the left foot of Zamora only for the striker to skew his shot harmlessly wide of goal, much to the frustration of his team-mate.

Substitute Shane Long should have doubled West Brom's lead in injury time but he fired wide of Kenny's goal from the edge of the penalty area.