Championship: Paul Smyth scores QPR winner on dream debut; Millwall lose

Paul Smyth had a QPR debut to remember as he scored to help secure a 2-1 win against Cardiff at Loftus Road on New Year's Day.

Joe Ralls put Cardiff ahead with a penalty nine minutes into the second half after Jake Bidwell was adjudged to have pushed Callum Patterson.

But Matt Smith equalised on 62 minutes when he rose to head in Jack Robinson's long throw-in and Northern Ireland Under-21 international Smyth struck with 18 minutes remaining.

The 20-year-old forward, a summer signing from Linfield, skipped past defender Bruno Ecuele Manga on the left and fired home with the help of a slight deflection off Sol Bamba as the Cardiff captain slid in to try to block the shot.