Paul Smyth, Rayan Kolli and Richard Kone all scored twice as QPR thrashed relegation-threatened Portsmouth 6-1 at Loftus Road.

Rangers were three up within half an hour, with Smyth putting them ahead and then netting again after Kolli's first goal.

John Swift gave Pompey hope with a goal before the interval, but Kolli scored again in the second half and Kone added a late brace, one of them a penalty.

The south-coast club are now without a win in six matches - a run which has included five defeats - and are just one place and one point above the drop zone.

Rangers, who had lost three home games in a row, were on top from the start and went in front after seven minutes.

Harvey Vale's attempt to slip Kolli in on goal was cut out by Regan Poole, but the loose ball dropped to Smyth, whose strike from near the edge of the penalty area was helped in by a deflection off Pompey defender Connor Ogilvie.

Kolli doubled Rangers' lead on 24 minutes, collecting Smyth's pass and firing a low, right-footed shot beyond goalkeeper Nicolas Schmid from 25 yards.

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