QPR midfielder Leroy Fer is confident lightning won't strike twice.

The Dutchman's debut season in the Premier League ended in relegation to the Championship with Norwich City in May.

Fer, who has scored in back-to-back home wins to help the Hoops out of the drop zone, is involved in another survival scrap this time around, but believes the R's are better equipped to beat the drop than his old club were.

He said: “When you’re coming up from the Championship it’s hard, but we have better quality players and we are more of a team [than Norwich].

“We have to stick together. We are a good team, with great ability, and if we keep doing what we are then I think we will be fine."

Fer's first goals in a blue and white shirt helped QPR to crucial wins against fellow strugglers Leicester City and Burnley.

He added: “They were two really important games and we won both. It’s really good to be able to look at the table and not be in the bottom three.

"At the end of the season you have to be out of the relegation zone but it’s always good to be 16th or 17th instead."