Onuoha sent off as QPR are thrashed at Hull

Hull 4 QPR 0

QPR were punished for their shoddy defending in a one-sided game at the KCOM Stadium, where Nedum Onuoha was sent off late on.

They conceded twice in the final couple of minutes of the first half, with a freak own goal by keeper Alex Smithies’ just before the interval doubling Hull’s lead following Harry Wilson’s opener.

Rangers improved in the second half but goals from Kamil Grosicki and Abel Hernandez put the game beyond their reach.

Skipper Onuoha was red-carded in injury time for charging into Markus Henriksen after the Hull midfielder had clashed with Josh Scowen.

It completed a miserable afternoon for the R’s, who lost Joel Lynch on 15 minutes to what looked like a hamstring injury.

And Matt Smith’s absence because of illness meant Ebere Eze was deployed as a lone striker until Idrissa Sylla was sent on at half-time.

Hull went ahead when Hernandez pounced on Massimo Luongo’s misplaced pass to Scowen and found Wilson, whose shot went in off the post.

Worse followed for Rangers when Hernandez’s shot hit the bar and bounced off the grounded Smithies and into the net.

QPR threatened early in the second half, with Eze and Luke Freeman shooting wide, but they always looked vulnerable at the back.

They were undone again when Grosicki, on as a substitute, collected Wilson’s pass and slotted under Smithies.

More half-hearted defending led to the fourth goal, Hernandez touching in Markus Henriksen’s cross from close range.