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Jayden Stockley (right) was playing only his second game for Preston

Jayden Stockley, Jordan Storey and Brad Potts all opened their accounts for Preston North End in a thumping victory at QPR.

It took Stockley just 14 minutes of his second game to endear himself to the fans and score his first Preston goal as he curled in a shot after Alan Browne had robbed Josh Scowen.

Storey then doubled the lead midway through the second half, and Browne added the third.

Matt Smith pulled one back for QPR, but Preston completed a convincing win through Potts, another January addition.

Rangers have now lost six matches in a row against Preston but boss Steve McClaren could surely not have envisaged such a dispiriting defeat given his side's solid recent record at home - just one defeat in their past eight league games at Loftus Road.

Stockley, signed from Exeter on 3 January, scored his first-ever goal at English second-tier level after Scowen's error, while Storey - another former Grecian - and ex-Barnsley man Potts also got off the mark.

And only Jake Bidwell's last-ditch tackle prevented Lukas Nmecha from adding a fifth late on.

QPR dropped to 13th, five places ahead of the Lilywhites.

QPR manager Steve McClaren:

"You always get bad days at the office and that was a bad day at the office.

"That wasn't like us. It's the first time in a long while I've been disappointed with the performance.

"It's happened before and will probably happen again but the best thing you can do is come in on Monday morning and get the work done on the training field.

"I can't fault the players' attitude. We're making no excuses about today. Everyone has to be 100 per cent and we weren't."

Preston manager Alex Neil:

"We have spoken so many times this season about our injuries and quality players missing.

"Although we haven't got them all back you saw Ben Davies, Ben Pearson and Sean Maguire there.

"We are certainly a different proposition with those in the side and fully deserved to win.

"Jayden is 6ft 3ins and a target man, but you saw he is decent with his feet too. He has still got work to do on finishing, to be as good as he can be."