Leeds United 2-0 QPR: FLW report as Jayden Bogle and Joel Piroe sink R's | OneFootball

Report, ratings, reaction and more from Elland Road as Leeds United host QPR.

Jayden Bogle and Joel Piroe goals secured Leeds United a 2-0 win against QPR at Elland Road.

Leeds' right-back was rewarded for his bravery in following an attack into the penalty area, with Bogle's 19th minute goal setting Daniel Farke's side on their way to a big three points in the race for automatic promotion. Piroe rounded off the scoring deep into second-half stoppage time, lifting Elland Road tension.

For QPR and Marti Cifuentes, their early season struggle continues, and they sink to the bottom of the Championship table heading into the November international break.

Leeds United 2-0 QPR

Bogle and Piroe secure crucial home win

It took Leeds a little while to get going, but Daniel Farke still watched his side take the lead inside the first 20 minutes.

Brenden Aaronson rattled the crossbar from 20 yards, moments before QPR made a mess of clearing wave after wave of the home side's attacks, allowing Jayden Bogle to finish left-footed off the underside of the crossbar.

Sam Field kept QPR in the game as Leeds looked to turn the screw, blocking good efforts from Aaronson and Ao Tanaka.

Jimmy Dunne went closest at the other end for QPR with a header from a free-kick, but it was Leeds threatening the game's second goal - Manor Solomon's effort disallowed after a Sam Byram offside in the build-up.

Byram headed a Tanaka cross wide going into half-time, but it took until the hour for Leeds to create anything of note beyond that. Willy Gnonto's driving run from midfield teed up Solomon, who was denied by the onrushing Paul Nardi.

Field had Elland Road hearts in their mouths as he scooped a shot over the crossbar of Illan Meslier, before Nardi was again on hand to keep QPR in the contest, denying Bogle's shot.

Zan Celar - an isolated figure for large parts of the game - spurned a golden opportunity for an equaliser, curling over Meslier's crossbar after Leeds gifted up possession in a dangerous area.

Where QPR's striker wasn't clinical enough, Leeds' was. Joel Piroe stepped off the bench to secure the points with a 95th minute finish beyond Nardi.

Leeds United v QPR attendance

36,011

Player Ratings

Leeds United

Illan Meslier - 6

Jayden Bogle - 8

Joe Rodon - 8

Pascal Struijk - 7

Sam Byram - 6

Ao Tanaka - 7

Joe Rothwell - 7 (Josuha Guilavogui - 6)

Willy Gnonto - 7 (Isaac Schmidt - n/a)

Brenden Aaronson - 7

Manor Solomon - 6 (Dan James - 6)

Mateo Joseph - 6 (Joel Piroe - 7)

Subs (not used)

Karl Darlow

Patrick Bamford

Max Wober

Charlie Crew

read more

QPR

Paul Nardi - 7

Jimmy Dunne - 6

Steve Cook - 6

Sam Field - 6

Harrison Ashby - 6 (Alfie Lloyd - 5)

Kieran Morgan - 5 (Nicolas Madsen - 5)

Jonathan Varane - 5 (Liam Morrison - 5)

Paul Smyth - 6 (Hevertton Santos - n/a)

Zan Celar - 5

Nathan Shepperd

Elijah Dixon-Bonner

Ryan Kolli

Alex Aoraha

Championship table

Leeds into second for 24 hours at least; QPR sink to bottom

Daniel Farke on Jayden Bogle

Leeds' summer signing tipped to get better

"It's one of his strengths and one of the reasons we signed him (his attacking ability).

"It's a strength of Jayden going forwards. He's a brave player and, as we deliver so many clean sheets, he has the licence to go forwards - we work on this a lot, our option to attack down the wing with him in a wide position or out of the pocket.

"The longer he is with us the more strengths he brings. We need this, especially against deep-sitting opponents. We need defensive players chipping in with goals and assists, and we are happy that we have him."

Marti Cifuentes on his role at QPR

The 42-year-old claims he is retaining club confidence

"The most important thing in the international break is that we have some time to recover some players. That's, for me, the main target.

"Keep training, keep understanding that we need a mental break to recover from a tough week. The last two games have been extremely disappointing. We need to keep working. That's the only way to get out of this situation."