Nahki Wells made a third straight appearance off the bench as a second-half substitute during Queens Park Rangers’ 1-0 win at home to Aston Villa in the Sky Bet Championship yesterday.

The Bermuda striker entered the fray in the 62nd minute as a replacement for Tomer Hemed, the Israeli forward, with the home side clinging to a first-half lead given to them by midfielder Pawel Wszolek.

Wells’s only attempt on goal arrived in the 75th minute when he dragged just wide after a brilliant challenge.

Wszolek, the Poland player, scored the winner in the 38th minute with a first-time shot that went in off of the underside of the crossbar after he was played behind the Villa defence by a long ball.

The goal came three minutes after QPR’s appeals for a penalty went in vain after Wszolek was pulled back in the area. Replays suggested it was a clear penalty, not that it mattered after all was said and done at Loftus Road, where a third successive win and clean sheet in six days moved them six places to seventh in the Championship.

Wells’s appearance was his eleventh for QPR since joining the West London club on loan from Premier League side Burnley in August.

The 28-year-old finally got off the mark in the 3-0 win at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night. His goalless run had stretched back to April 2017, spanning 29 matches.