Millwall 2-0 QPR: FLW reports as Lions dominate London rivals

Millwall made it 10 points from their last four home games as they beat London rivals QPR 2-0 in a dominant display at The Den on Tuesday evening. 

Jed Wallace was the catalyst as the Lions struck twice in the second half through Mason Bennett and substitute Tyler Burey, scoring his first goal for the club, to secure back-to-back wins for the first time since October.

The result takes Gary Rowett’s side to within six points of the play-offs while it’s now four games without a win for the wobbling R’s.

Mark Warburton was clear ahead of the game that he was expecting a tough evening and it very nearly started in the worst possible way inside the first sixty seconds but Danny McNamara, 10 yards out and unchallenged, blazed his effort over the bar.

The R’s boss had predicted a hostile atmosphere and that’s exactly what he got, with the two sets of supporters exchanging verbal blows early on.

But on the pitch, it was Millwall that were doing all the talking and they forced a reply from David Marshall after 20 minutes as the Scottish shot-stopper flung himself to his left to deny Jed Wallace.

Both teams were forced into early changes due to injury, with Lee Wallace replaced by Moses Odubajo and Tyler Burey on in place of Oli Burke, who had limped off to add to the Lions attacking injury woes.

Burke’s departure didn’t loosen the hosts’ grip on the game, however, and it was Marshall that was kept the much busier of the two keepers as the half wore on – with the 36-year-old twice intervening as the hosts went close from corners.

A rare expedition forward for the R’s earned them a corner of their own after 35 minutes but when the delivery made its way through traffic to Jimmy Dunne, the defender could not direct his attempt