Cardiff City working on specific skill to beat QPR while Leeds United bemoan Championship rule change

QPR picked up another point in their home meeting with Stoke City at the weekend but the elusive second win of the season still eludes Marti Cifuentes with pressure growing on the Catalan.

The fixtures come thick and fast as the hectic festive period looms large. The R's travel to Cardiff City on Wednesday before making the shorter trip to Watford at the weekend.

QPR feature alongside Millwall and Leeds United in your Tuesday Championship round-up.

Cardiff City work to improve concentration ahead of QPR

Cardiff City interim boss Omar Riza is cracking the whip in training this week ahead of taking on QPR having bemoaned a 'lack of concentration' in the side's 1-1 draw against Sheffield Wednesday last weekend. The Welsh outfit opened the scoring after 34 minutes at Hillsborough but conceded just two minutes later.

The Bluebirds coach said: “We got the goal and it was well worked in our sense from how we set up at defending corners. It’s a shame we showed a lack of concentration and focus so soon after scoring.

“That is disappointing for us and it really is something we’re going to have to work on. We could have gone in at half-time 1-0 up and in a positive mind frame.

“Wednesday came after us and applied a lot of pressure. They know we want to have the ball and they made it difficult for us to do that. We were untidy in possession at times.”

Cardiff City have won just four of their opening 16 Championship outings but there has been some improvement since Riza took over from Erol Bulut. Riza added: “Now we’re looking forward to QPR on Wednesday where hopefully we can go in with a bit of confidence after a decent point today.”

Neil Harris praises Millwall and Sunderland medical staff

Millwall head coach Neil Harris has shared words of praise for the Millwall and Sunderland medical staff following two medical emergencies at The Den when the two sides met on Saturday.

The incidents happened towards the end of the first half which led to the players being taken off the pitch for 25 minutes before play resumed once again.

Speaking after the game, as per the Sunderland Echo, Harris said: “Let’s start with the most important thing, that both supporters make a full recovery. I want to praise not just my medical team that I thought were immense in their reaction, but also Sunderland’s club doctor as well who went into the top tier of the home end to support one of our fans.

“We’ve all come here to watch a game of football and enjoy it and nobody should be leaving in ambulances, so to two fans of our football club, we wish them well."

Daniel Farke conscious of Championship rule change

Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has bemoaned new Championship rules over suspension for coaches after being frustrated by a lack of communication with the officials as he side played out a dramatic 4-3 win over Swansea City on Sunday.

Farke believed that Swansea City man Harry Darling should have seen a red card for a challenge on Daniel James, who had caused problems throughout the game in Wales.

The Whites manager said: "I asked Oliver Langford the fourth official the same question. Surely it has to be a red card, it was 100 per cent a red for me. He [the referee] blows the whistle, talked a little and then we played on without even a yellow. Perhaps you could argue it was just a yellow but for me it was closer to a red, but to give no card at all was incredible. DJ is clean through on goal if he takes the ball.

"I have to be a bit careful, this season with three yellow cards as a manager you're suspended for a game and there's no cut off. I was just about to ask the question and that's it. I don't really have the answer so I can't tell you why it was no card. The standard of refereeing...they want to be there with their best performances. We're all human beings, sometimes they're there with a wrong decision. Sometimes I'm unhappy. If I moan or try to be angry it won't influence it in a positive way. I don't want to be the one if they're successful in getting better each season."

Farke was shown a yellow card on his return to Norwich City with Leeds United earlier this season and two more bookings would see him banned from the touchline for a game.