Sunderland V QPR - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Don't do QPR any favours - PoyetGus Poyet has urged his resurgent Sunderland team not to become the first to surrender a Barclays Premier League point to struggling QPR on their own pitch.Managerless Rangers head for the Stadium of Light on Tuesday night having emerged empty-handed from each of their previous 11 league games away from home, a return which has piled the pressure on them at Loftus Road.They will arrive on Wearside sitting in 19th place in the table and in desperate need of ending their travel sickness if they are to drag themselves out of relegation trouble.However, Black Cats head coach Poyet knows that record will end sooner rather than later, and he does not want it to happen at the 12th attempt.He said: "If you asked me if I would expect any team to lose every single game away from home in one season, I would say to you: 'No'."Now that they can go one extra in the wrong way, it's up to usOf course they have got a part to play, but sooner or later it should change, I suppose."I would be very surprised if they don't get any points in the whole season away from home, very, very surprised."QPR remain in a state of flux after the surprise departure of manager Harry Redknapp last week and with a replacement yet to be appointed amid speculation that Poyet's former Tottenham team-mate Tim Sherwood could join forces with another one-time colleague Les Ferdinand, the club's newly-appointed director of football.In the meantime, caretaker Chris Ramsey faces the task of trying to steady the ship, and he will do so in the north east without the services of injured striker Charlie Austin, whose 13 goals to date have kept the club in touch.Asked if his absence was a bonus, Poyet said: "Yes, yes
When you have got a player like Austin who is making the difference and winning games for you - like he did against us - if he doesn't play, it should be a bonus."When a big player is missing, the other team should take advantage."Striker Connor Wickham is available after a calf problem, but midfielders Jack Rodwell and Emanuele Giaccherini are likely to miss out once again.Meanwhile, Sherwood did a "fantastic" job at Tottenham and is eager to return to work as soon as possible, says QPR caretaker manager Ramsey.Sherwood took over at White Hart Lane midway through last season but was sacked in the summer, despite achieving the highest win percentage of any Spurs manager in Premier League history.Ramsey worked under Sherwood at Tottenham and remains close friends with the former Blackburn midfielder, who is now favourite to fill the vacancy at Loftus Road."I would be a liar to say I haven't spoken to him about the QPR job," Ramsey said."Tim's a football man and he watches it all the time."We talk about games and players and he's made it clear to me he is eager to get back into work - you can only play so much golf and watch so much daytime TV."He did a fantastic job at Tottenham, I think they're reaping the benefits of some of the stuff that was put in place four or five years ago to help the academy."I think it was probably underrated the job that he did."Ramsey will remain in temporary charge, together with assistant manager Kevin Bond, for QPR'S game at Sunderland.Rangers then have 11 days before their next game at Hull, when it is likely Harry Redknapp's permanent successor will be in place.Austin could return within a fortnight but Richard Dunne and Nedum Onuoha also suffered injuries against Southampton.Dunne will be out for three months with a knee problem while Onuoha will miss two to three weeks with a hamstring strain
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