As first goal in red and white for the on-loan Everton attacker Nathan Broadhead was added to by Luke O’Nien’s second half strike as Lee Johnson’s side produced an impressive display to see off their League One rivals.
And now the Black Cats will take on Championship opposition for the second time in the cup this season after overcoming Blackpool in round two.
The trip to the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium will be the second time the Black Cats have met the Hoops in the League Cup after a 2-1 success in 2016’s competition under David Moyes.
And it got us here at the Sunderland Echo thinking about the Wearsiders’ most recent trips to QPR – the good and the bad.
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1. 10 Jan 1999: Kevin Phillips of Sunderland celebrates his goal against Queens Park Rangers in the Nationwide Division One match at Loftus Road in London. The game ended 2-2. \ Mandatory Credit: Phil Cole /Allsport
Sunderland's Kevin Phillips scored a memorable goal away to Queens Park Rangers in 1999. Mandatory Credit: Phil Cole /Allsport. Photo: Phil Cole
2. March 10, 2018 – QPR 1-0 Sunderland
Sunderland’s most recent trip to face QPR came in the Championship in 2018 where Chris Coleman’s side slipped to a 1-0 defeat after a calamitous error from Jason Steele saw the goalkeeper sent off. The now Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze scored his first goal for the R’s as the Black Cats failed to register a single shot on target. Not one to be remembered for Sunderland supporters. (Photo by Jack Thomas/Getty Images) Photo: Jack Thomas
3. September 21, 2016 – QPR 1-2 Sunderland
A winless start to the Premier League campaign under Moyes was not reflected in the League Cup as the Black Cats secured their second win of the competition at Loftus Road. Irishman McNair scored twice to cancel out former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Sandro’s strike on the hour mark. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) Photo: Warren Little
4. August 30 – 2014 – QPR 1-0 Sunderland
If you are ever in need of a first win, or a first goal, of the season then Sunderland have been known to be very charitable and that was the case early in the 2014-15 campaign as Charlie Austin scored QPR’s first goal of the campaign to seal their first points of the campaign to inflict a first defeat on Gus Poyet’s Sunderland. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) Photo: Paul Gilham