Queens Park Rangers came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at Swansea City.
Mackie levels after Graham opener
Queens Park Rangers came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at Swansea City.
Swansea had gone ahead in the first half with Danny Graham side-footing home brilliantly - although QPR were far from happy as there looked to be handball in the build-up.
But Neil Warnock's men were not to be denied, and they claimed a point thanks to Jamie Mackie's nice finish as he latched onto a long ball and took advantage of some poor defending.
The point sees both sides move up one place in the table - QPR to 16th and Swansea to 14th.
Possession
Many sides have found themselves starved of possession on their visits to South Wales this season, but QPR set down their marker as Adel Taarabt, in ahead of Shaun Wright-Phillips, and captain Joey Barton dictated the early play.
A cross from the latter was met by Heidar Helguson and Mackie almost managed to nod the ball over Swansea keeper Michel Vorm as he followed in.
The Welsh side, defeated just once at home this term, slowly found their feet, with Graham having an effort cleared by Alejandro Faurlin.
And the striker gave the hosts a disputed lead, controlling Routledge's centre before firing low into Paddy Kenny's left-hand corner, having being given too much time to turn by Fitz Hall and Luke Young.
The QPR defenders appealed that Graham had handled as he brought the ball down, with manager Neil Warnock leaving the fourth official in no doubt as to his own view, but the goal stood.
It took a great block by Hill to deny Graham a second as the striker waited to pounce on Scott Sinclair's ball across the box, before Vorm made a flying stop to keep out Barton's effort from distance.
Faurlin's lovely pass looked to have freed Mackie just prior to the half-hour mark but Steven Caulker showed impressive pace to take the ball off the winger's toes.
Threat
Graham was proving a constant threat for the hosts and he showed impressive strength to shield the ball from Hall and get away a shot that Kenny had to scramble low to his right to hang on to.
At the other end Helguson was guilty of poor finishing as he headed over twice in quick succession from crosses by Young and Barton as the interval approached.
That spell of QPR supremacy continued when they controlled the early stages of the second stanza, with Taarabt and Faurlin teasing the home defence as the Moroccan flashed a volley just wide off the heels of Ashley Williams.
Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers shuffled his pack in a bid to alter the pattern of the game as Nathan Dyer and Luke Moore replaced Angel Rangel and Routledge, but less than a minute later the scores were level.
Britton's effort to get his head to Kenny's goal-kick only managed to split his own defence, and the alert Mackie pounced to race through and calmly guide the ball past Vorm.
Buoyed by his strike Mackie was soon heading towards goal again, but could not pick his way between Caulker and Kemy Agustien.
Graham almost teed up Moore after fine hold-up work in the box, and the former Watford man was then denied what he felt was a clear penalty after being felled as he rolled away from Traore, but referee Probert waved away the appeals.
The menacing Taarabt saw Vorm tip his curling strike wide as the game flowed from end to end, and Williams made a fantastic clearing header from Traore's fierce cross as Rangers pressed for a winner which their second-half superiority would have merited.
But Swansea held out for a share of the spoils.
| Swansea City |
Team Statistics |
Queens Park Rangers |
| 1 |
Goals |
1 |
| 1 |
1st Half Goals |
0 |
| 3 |
Shots on Target |
4 |
| 3 |
Shots off Target |
6 |
| 2 |
Blocked Shots |
4 |
| 5 |
Corners |
11 |
| 9 |
Fouls |
12 |
| 3 |
Offsides |
1 |
| 1 |
Yellow Cards |
3 |
| 0 |
Red Cards |
0 |
| 88.6 |
Passing Success |
78.4 |
| 14 |
Tackles |
25 |
| 64.3 |
Tackles Success |
76 |
| 55.7 |
Possession |
44.3 |
| 42 |
Territorial Advantage |
58 |
| 490 |
Total Passes |
379 |
| 23 |
Total Crosses |
31 |
| 151 |
Lost Balls |
153 |
| 58 |
Recoveries |
50 |
| 62.2 |
1st Half Poss. |
37.8 |
| 49.5 |
2nd Half Poss. |
50.5 |
|
