{"id":336323,"date":"2026-09-02T21:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336323\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:38:08","slug":"burrell-brace-fires-queens-park-rangers-into-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336323\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrell brace fires Queens Park Rangers into second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Match in Five Sentences:
\nQueens Park Rangers<\/a> beat Cardiff City<\/a> 2-1. In the 36th minute, Rumarn Burrell<\/a> struck from close range following a corner to put the hosts ahead. After the restart, Burrell doubled the lead with a top right finish from Ronnie Edwards’ through ball (53.). Perry Ng halved the deficit with a left footed strike (74.), but Cardiff City’s 63.5% possession yielded only nine attempts. Queens Park Rangers<\/a> rise from fourth to second and host Middlesbrough next, with Cardiff City<\/a> visiting Portsmouth.<\/p>\n

Player of the Match:
\nRumarn Burrell<\/a> decided it with a superb brace, adding six attempts and eight touches in the box while also supplying three key passes.<\/p>\n

Stat of the Match:
\nQueens Park Rangers<\/a> produced 17 shots inside the box, highlighting how often they worked opportunities close to goal.<\/p>\n

Three Things We Learned:
\nDespite 63.5% possession, Cardiff City<\/a> managed only nine attempts. Rumarn Burrell<\/a> combined scoring and creation, finishing with six attempts and three key passes. Cardiff City<\/a> delivered 32 crosses at 25.0% accuracy, but that route produced only three shots on target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match in Five Sentences: Queens Park Rangers beat Cardiff City 2-1. In the 36th minute, Rumarn Burrell struck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-336323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}