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The hosts enjoyed almost complete dominance in the first half, with Ibrahim Osman at the heart of their good play.<\/p>\n
The winger grazed the crossbar with a cross-cum-shot after just two minutes before teeing up Roberts to fire home from close range three minutes later after he nutmegged his opposite number and sent a low cross into the box.<\/p>\n
Only some acrobatics from Amadou Mbengue stopped Blues from doubling their lead shortly after when defender Christoph Klarer connected with a free-kick at the far post and hooked the ball towards goal.<\/p>\n
R’s keeper Joe Walsh had to be alert to deny Osman, Roberts and then Jay Stansfield as the one-way traffic continued, with Ethan Laird also seeing a header come back off the post.<\/p>\n
QPR had gone three games without scoring before kick-off and failed to register a single effort on goal until the 71st minute.<\/p>\n
Blues continued to dominate after the break and Marvin Ducksch might have done better when Stansfield’s cutback found him unmarked on the edge of the box.<\/p>\n
Harvey Vale curled wide as QPR finally threatened the Birmingham goal with less than 20 minutes left on the clock.<\/p>\n
Substitute Kwame Poku added some life to the visitors’ attack and flashed an effort across goal in a rare moment of pressure, but the victory for Chris Davies’ side was more comfortable than the scoreline might suggest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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