West Bromwich Albion 1 Queens Park Rangers 0: match report West Brom's goal required far less assistance from the opposition. After receiving the ball from Odemwingie to his left, Dorrans confidently struck a fierce, 35-yard strike beyond the grasp of Paddy Kenny. Having taken that lead, they threatened a second when Odemwingie cut in from the right but drove into the side-netting. Rangers, though, grew stronger as the half wore on and had a near-miss when Jamie Mackie squared for Samba Diakite, whose powerful effort was inches off-target. Zamora was then guilty of failing to capitalise on two more chances. First, he headed over after Joey Barton had shown a touch of class, cleverly flicking over a cross. The Rangers striker was soon frustrated once more by Foster who blocked a drive with his legs. Tricky Mackie also came close when he flashed an 18-yard shot wide just before half-time. There was similar drive from QPR at the start of the second half, but it looked like they were going 2-0 down when a superb back-heel from Odemwingie set up Billy Jones. However, Hughes's team enjoyed some fortune as the right-back's six-yard effort struck an upright. Undeterred, QPR - leaving spaces at the back - kept pushing forward, but were lacking penetration, and Barton's curled effort wide was the best they could muster as chances became hard to come by. Kenny was forced to keep out a Chris Brunt free-kick from 25 yards and Shane Long came close as West Brom closed the game well, showing why they are staying up.