After another fantastic away win at Wolves on Saturday, many were expecting the Clarets to see off bottom club QPR with relative ease.

But second half goals from Damion Stewart and Rowan Vine saw the visitors snatch their first win in seven and condemn new Clarets boss Owen Coyle to his first defeat in charge at Turf Moor.

After four wins on the bounce away from home, Coyle stuck with the same starting eleven but it was an uncharacteristically nervy start from the Clarets, who spent much of the opening exchanges chasing QPR.

Thankfully for Burnley, the visitors lack of confidence was there for everyone to see and aside from a few woeful efforts from Rowan Vine, Kiraly wasn't called into action.

The Clarets had to wait until the 27th minute for their first real opening when great play between Blake and Mahon released Andy Gray, but the ball was well snuffed out by a Rangers' defender before the striker could pull the trigger.

That seemed to give the Clarets the momentum they needed and Mahon went close five minutes later as the tide began to turn in Burnley's favour.

Despite this, Burnley struggled against the visitors negative long ball tactics and almost slipped behind on 38 minutes when Vine broke free but blast his shot over Kiraly's goal.

As the clock ticked down towards half time the Clarets came within inches of taking the lead.

But for the second time in as many games, Alan Mahon struck the upright with a rasping 25 yard effort that looked destined to nestle in the back of the net.

That proved to be the last real chance of the half and the Clarets went in all square at the interval.

The second half saw Burnley forced into a change when Clarke Carlisle hobbled off to be replaced by Joey Gudjonsson with Chris McCann switching to centre back.

The extra invention in midfield from the Icelandic star saw the Clarets start to turn the screw on the visitors but again QPR held firm and smashed the ball long at every opportunity, much to the frustration of the Burnley faithful.

Somehow QPR did take the lead on the hour mark when a corner whipped in was nodded home by defender Damion Stewart who found himself unmarked at the far post.

That forced Coyle into a double change with Blake and Mahon making way for James O'Connor and Steve Jones.

The Clarets immediately put Rangers under pressure but they found keeper Lee Camp in excellent form with Lafferty and O'Connor forcing the former Derby County stopper into superb saves.

Icelandic international Gudjonsson also went close with a long range effort as the Turf Moor crowd tried to roar the Clarets back level.

Half chances came and went for the Clarets but with stoppage time approaching referee Mike Pike turned down two penalty appeals in as many seconds to sum up Burnley's luck.

Gabor Kiraly went up for a corner in added time and despite making a nuisance of himself, the big Hungarian couldn't force the ball home and was left red-faced when Vine broke free slotted into an empty net to bring Owen Coyle's unbeaten run to an disappointing end.

The Clarets almost claimed one back deep into injury time but some smart defending again denied the Burnley frontline and Owen Coyle was left to find some positives from a largely disappointing night.

Burnley: Kiraly, Alexander, Harley, Carlisle (Gudjonsson 48) , Unsworth, Elliott, McCann, Mahon (O'Connor 62), Lafferty, Blake (Jones 62), Gray.
Subs: Jensen, Akinbiyi.

QPR: Camp, Barker, Stewart, Bolder, Ainsworth (Moore 90), Malcolm, Vine, Rehman, Nygaard (Walton 87), Leigertwood, Sinclair (Blackstock 74).
Subs: Cole, Balanta.

Booked: Barker

Att: 10,522