{"id":154648,"date":"2025-09-13T20:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/154648\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T20:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:24:07","slug":"qpr-3-1-wrexham-sep-13-2025-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/154648\/","title":{"rendered":"QPR 3-1 Wrexham (Sep 13, 2025) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wrexham suffered a 3-1 Sky Bet Championship home defeat to QPR in front of Hollywood co-owner Ryan Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>An unfortunate <a data-player-guid=\"3f282716-0f6b-c442-921c-1fa946685717\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/156365\/conor-coady\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Coady<\/a> own goal and <a data-player-guid=\"93aa131f-4c5d-39c2-a78d-7e6df67aade5\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/378784\/richard-kone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Kone<\/a>&#8216;s brilliant finish was the least Rangers deserved from their slick first-half approach play.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8185a878-0157-7fe7-9fa8-f1cb3812476b\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=578\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wales<\/a> striker <a data-player-guid=\"c7f2b88f-c9e1-eb72-7cd2-38a40905f2ca\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/189605\/kieffer-moore\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kieffer Moore<\/a>, with his sixth in five goals for club and country, did give Wrexham hope midway through the second half with a trademark header.<\/p>\n<p>But <a data-player-guid=\"822bbc32-fbaf-a150-f027-3a146a1e6a34\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/281722\/rumarn-burrell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rumarn Burrell<\/a> scorched away from the Wrexham defence after 75 minutes to put the contest beyond doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Deadpool actor Reynolds had flown in to watch Wrexham for the second time this season but the Welsh side have still to win at home in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides claimed their first victories of the league season before the international break with respective wins over Millwall and Charlton.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/>Wrexham have found points difficult to come by in the early weeks of their Championship campaign.<\/p>\n<p>QPR&#8217;s success was particularly noteworthy considering they had conceded seven in their previous contest at Coventry and they took over in the Welsh sunshine after early efforts from <a data-player-guid=\"f5f52e17-8ab7-86e3-b6b0-e364396860ac\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/163970\/james-mcclean\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James McClean<\/a> and Ryan Longman.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"84668336-1a15-4172-2165-f4108e0080fe\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/259089\/jimmy-dunne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Dunne<\/a> had the ball in the Wrexham net only to see an offside flag raised and Arthur Okonkwo thwarted <a data-player-guid=\"4548c7d9-4237-e1a0-e1e1-3f8f7c0f3301\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/265960\/koki-saito\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Koki Saito<\/a> for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>With Burrell and Kone linking up superbly, it appeared only a matter of time before Rangers would break the deadlock and they did so after 33 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Okonkwo blocked Burrell&#8217;s effort but the ball ricocheted off Coady into his own net.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham had been one-paced and ineffective in the final third but falling behind did spark a response from Phil Parkinson&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Coady&#8217;s ball over the top was fired wide by Ryan Hardie and the stretching Longman was unable to apply a decisive touch to Moore&#8217;s cross.<\/p>\n<p>The threat at the other end was not diminished as Burrell went close before Wrexham were opened up through the middle by <a data-player-guid=\"ee9e6094-ea10-3c37-8477-b82312441bb6\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/306532\/harvey-vale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harvey Vale<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"295da485-8ce1-fddd-f89f-cf7e13de7a29\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/272629\/nicolas-madsen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Madsen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kone took the ball in his stride and lashed it off the underside of the crossbar from 18 yards for his third goal in as many games.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham raised a head of steam after the break as Rangers goalkeeper <a data-player-guid=\"5ad42fd8-3c4d-e4ac-11dc-9d8d3671fd13\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/159312\/paul-nardi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Nardi<\/a> scooped away a Hardie shot that perhaps he should have caught.<\/p>\n<p>Okonkwo had to go full-length to claw away <a data-player-guid=\"de84bedf-0540-3261-b500-c7b12dcd90eb\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/318388\/jonathan-varane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Varane<\/a>&#8216;s effort from distance as Rangers sought to put the game to bed.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham broke from the following corner with Hardie scampering half the length of the pitch and Nardi kept out his angled attempt with his legs.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts improved second half showing was rewarded after 67 minutes when Moore met Lewis O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s inswinging corner to nod home for the fourth successive Wrexham game.<\/p>\n<p>But Burrell lifted the ball over Okonkwo after beating Coady for pace and substitute <a data-player-guid=\"376079f4-c187-7cbb-8761-afcad0618351\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/288616\/karamoko-dembele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karamoko Dembele<\/a> almost inflicted further damage by striking the woodwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham suffered a 3-1 Sky Bet Championship home defeat to QPR in front of Hollywood co-owner Ryan 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