Rangers were unable to continue their recent fine form, as Leicester City took all three points in front of a season's best crowd at Loftus Road of 17, 082.

In front on the live Sky cameras, Rangers took the lead when Adel Taarabt finished superbly when through on goal.

But goals either side of half time from Matty Fryatt put paid to ambitions Rangers had of moving up to second place in the Coca-Cola Championship.

The Leicester striker headed home from close range just short of the break, before a mistake from a Radek Cerny goal kick gifted the Foxes' hotshot with his second.

Hoops boss Magilton made just one change from the side that was victorious last weekend at Derby County.

After returning from a virus and completing half an hour as a substitute at Pride Park, Mikele Leigertwood slotted into the centre of midfield in place of the injured Gavin Mahon.

That meant with Cerny in goal, Peter Ramage, Damion Stewart, Kaspars Gorkss and Gary Borrowdale made up the R's backline.

In midfield, Leigertwood and Alejandro Faurlin supported wide men Akos Buzsaky and Taarabt.

Wayne Routledge partnered hotshot Jay Simpson in attack.

The R's - who prior to kick-off boasted the best home record in the Championship with 16 points gained from six matches - took to the field amidst a firework extravaganza, and it was they who went on the offensive from the off.

Typically, the R's first opportunity of the game was created on the back of a lovely passing move.

Ramage, Buzsaky and Simpson combined well before the latter shot for goal from an acute angle, but Foxes custodian Chris Weale dived to his right to comfortably hold the effort.

Play soon switched to the other end, and when Andy King drilled an effort on goal from 25-yards out, Cerny caught the ball down low with both hands.

The game was only in its early stages, though chances were aplenty. Only a last-ditch tackle could prevent Routledge finding the target from the edge of the area, after a fine pass from Buzsaky.

Moments later and the R's were again on the attack. Another free-flowing move - this time between Leigertwood, Faurlin and Taarabt - saw the Spurs man through on goal down the left, but Wayne Brown was aware of the danger to slide the ball away for a corner.

Leicester were far from spectators in this already pulsating encounter though, and after a Jack Hobbs header from deep played Martyn Waghorn through on goal, he could only shoot straight at Cerny when under pressure from the Rangers backline.

The visitors were soon on the offensive again, and only a superb intervention from Gorkss could stop Fryatt finding the target from a tight angle down the right.

The R's were now perhaps the better of the two sides in terms of territorial possession, and a Taarabt effort only marginally missed the target when the midfielder blasted at goal from fully 30-yards out.

Rangers goalkeeper Cerny was far from untested in the hosts' goal though, and he did well to single-handedly beat the ball away to safety after Fryatt again found space to drive an effort on target.

Soon after in this end-to-end encounter, Faurlin almost found the opening goal of the game when he fired in a free-kick from the edge of the area, though Weale was on hand to tip the ball away for a corner.

The Foxes' reprieve was only momentary, however, as seconds later Taarabt fired the R's into a deserved lead in the 33rd minute.

After originally playing a through ball to Simpson, Taarabt's pass came off the back of a Leicester defender and fell to his feet from 12-yards out.

The Tottenham loanee made no mistake thereafter, coolly slotting the ball home into the bottom corner of the net to hand Rangers the opening goal of the game.

Taarabt, in truth, could have doubled the R's lead just seconds later, but his driven shot was just wide of Weale's left-hand post.

Rangers' joy at taking the lead was short lived though, as just four minutes after Taarabt's strike, the Foxes were level.

After Danny N'Guessan burst down the left, he played a delicious cross to Fryatt. The Leicester forward couldn't miss from three-yards out, as he headed the visitors level going into the interval.

Leicester had proved in the first half just why they sat in 5th place going into this encounter, and after the break they started the stronger.

After a mix-up in the R's defence, the ball fell to full-back Robbie Neilson 12 yards from goal, but the Leicester defender could only blast wide.

Moments later, Rangers set about getting a goal that would regain them the lead, and when Simpson touched the ball back to Buzsaky on the edge of the area, the Hungarian international saw his effort curl agonisingly over.

Play then switched to the other end, as Leicester took a 64th minute lead - and Fryatt bagged his second goal of the game.

Cerny's kick fell only as far as the Foxes frontman, and when through on goal, Fryatt was coolness personified to slot past the advancing R's goalkeeper.

Rangers weren't too disheartened by the Foxes' second goal of the game though, and Buzsaky again only narrowly missed the target with another fizzing shot from distance.

With the R's trailing, Magilton acted to try and get his side back into the match, bringing on Rowan Vine to replace Ramage.

And it was a move that was almost instantly rewarded. After Buzsaky played the ball into the box to Simpson, the Rangers striker dummied for Routledge.

Through on goal, Routledge seemed certain to find the target, before Foxes custodian Weale came rushing out of his goal to thwart him.

Leicester were unlucky not to add a third when Brown headed for goal from a Waghorn corner, but Leigertwood was on guard to head the ball off the line.

Late on, Buzsaky should have fired home an equaliser for the R's after Routledge centred from the right, but he could only blast high and wide of the target.  

In the end, QPR's attempts to get something from this match were in vain as Leicester left the capital with maximum points.

QPR: Cerny, Ramage (Vine 67), Stewart (Hall 55), Leigertwood, Routledge, Buzsaky, Gorkss, Faurlin, Simpson, Borrowdale, Taarabt (Agyemang 86).

Subs not used: Heaton, Alberti, Ainsworth, Parker.

Goals: Taarabt (33)

Leicester City: Weale, Neilson, Brown, Oakley, King, Fryatt (Gallagher 75), Berner, N'Guessan, Waghorn (McGivern 90), Wellens, Hobbs.

Subs not used: Logan, Morrison, Howard, Dyer, Kermorgant.

Goals: Fryatt (37 & 64)

Bookings: Neilson (73), N'Guessan (81), Oakley (88)

Referee: Mr J Moss

Attendance: 17, 082