QPR 0 Sunderland 0: Story of the night as Cats win dramatic Carabao Cup tie on penalties

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The game finished goalless in normal time, as Rangers substitute Charlie Austin saw a goal ruled out for offside in the final ten minutes.

The match then went straight to penalties, as Aiden McGeady, Ross Stewart and Alex Pritchard converted from the spot.

QPR defender Yoann Barbet missed the decisive penalty as he blazed his effort off target to send Sunderland through.

The result led to big celebrations in the away end as 2,731 supporters packed out the away end at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.

Johnson’s side will now wait for Wednesday’s draw to see who they meet in the last eight of the competition.

Here’s how the game played out:

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RECAP: QPR 0 Sunderland 0 (Sunderland win 3-1 on penalties)

Key Events

Sunderland XI: Burge, Winchester, Alves (Doyle, 69) , Wright, Hume (Cirkin, 24), Evans (McGeady, 64), O’Nien, Neil, Gooch (O’Brien, 64), Dajaku (Pritchard, 69), Stewart
Subs: Hoffmann, Flanagan, Doyle, Cirkin, O’Brien, Pritchard, McGeady, Wearne, Harris
QPR XI: Dieng; Kakay (Dozzell, 72), Dickie, De Wijs, Barbet; Odubajo, Amos (Duke-McKenna, 84); Willock (Adomah, 72), Chair, Gray (Austin, 62); Dykes.
Subs: Archer, Drewe, Dunne, Adomah, Ball, Dozzell, Duke-McKenna, Johansen, Austin.

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021, 13:22 BST

Lee Johnson on his team selection

Here’s what the Black Cats boss had to say ahead of tonight’s match.

“Six or seven of them have taken two steps back in their fitness levels - not as in lungs, but match fitness - and that’s where we can use the amount of games as a positive, especially in the Carabao Cup where you have the opportunity to have up to nine subs and use five of them.

“That could play a big part in the rounds moving forward and as the lowest ranked team in the competition, that may make it a little more difficult for us, but at the same time we think we have good changes that we can make as well.”

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021, 13:14 BSTUpdated 13:21 BST

Team news

Clearly the league is the priority for Johnson so we expect Sunderland to make multiple changes this evening.

The Black Cats are monitoring Alex Pritchard who still has a neck issue he suffered at Crewe last week.

Nathan Broadhead remains a doubt with a hamstring issue, while Jordan Willis and Niall Huggins are long-term absentees.

Frederik Alves, Corry Evans and Lynden Gooch all returned to the matchday squad against Charlton last time out and could start against QPR.

Elliot Embleton will serve the final match of his three-game suspension following his red card at Gillingham.

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021, 13:06 BST

It’s Matchday!

Sunderland are back in action this evening with Lee Johnson’s side set to face Championship side QPR in the Carabao Cup.

With important league games against Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday to come, it will be interesting to see what side Lee Johnson plays at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.

We’ll have all the build-up ahead of the match as well as in-game analysis and post-match reaction.

Stick around and refresh the page for live updates.