Huddersfield continued their excellent start to the season with a comfortable 2-1 victory over a Queens Park Rangers side shot of confidence after a heavy midweek defeat to Newcastle United.

After both sides suffered midweek defeats, there was a nervous start to the game which resulted in Queens Park Rangers starting on the front foot for a five-minute spell.

However as Huddersfield found their rhythm and regained their confidence, they took control of the game and seemingly never looked back.

In the 14th minute, Kasey Palmer slipped a pass on the inside of Jake Bidwell to Huddersfield's positive full-back Tommy Smith, his cross was recycled and Rajiv van La Parra's sumptuous cross perfectly found Palmer in acres of space in the six yard box to plant the header past former Huddersfield goalkeeper Alex Smithies.

After the goal, Huddersfield controlled the game with Kasey Palmer and Aaron Mooy's comfort in possession proving too much for Queens Park Rangers to handle, the heavy possession nullified an already defensive minded Queens Park Rangers with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's side being limited to long-range attempts.

After Queens Park Rangers somehow survived at the half time break being only a goal down, as the second half progressed, it seemed inevitable that Huddersfield would get a second. Queens Park Rangers had already received warnings with a strong penalty appeal and a disallowed goal showing that Huddersfield was coming closer.

The second goal did arrive in the 62nd minute after Jonathan Hogg's inviting pass in the right hand channel was picked up by Tommy Smith who surged down the right hand flank unchallenged before a perfectly weighted cross found Elias Kachunga, the 24-year old's header looped over Smithies and seemingly gave Huddersfield an unassailable lead.

Queens Park Rangers were to score a consolation goal when Tjaronn Chery's cross found summer signing Idrissa Sylla who somehow squeezed his header past Kasey Palmer on the line but it proved to be too little too late as Huddersfield professionally saw out the game to earn their sixth win of the season.

This article looks at THREE players that were key for Huddersfield's  victory over Queens Park Rangers...

RB- Tommy Smith

One of Huddersfield's most improved players under David Wagner has been Tommy Smith, and the 24-year-old defender played a key role in the victory.

From the very first minute,  Smith's positivity and willingness to look to play on the front foot was causing Queens Park Rangers full-back Jake Bidwell a lot of problems.

The relationship between Elias Kachunga and Smith is growing and the interplay was vital as Kachunga's tendency to cut inside and Smith's willingness to overlap and provide width proved to play a major role in both goals.

For the first goal, it was Smith's initial cross that was inches away from finding his hopeful recipient, the cross was recycled which eventually led to Huddersfield opening the deadlock.

When Smith was given another opportunity, he made no mistake after another positive run down the right, this time, Kachunga had vacated the right flank and Smith's cross was at a perfect height for Kachunga to demonstrate his aerial prowess with a looping finish to a wonderful move.

As well as the attacking intent, Tommy Smith also had the tricky task of having to front up Queens Park Rangers' exciting prospect Olamide Shodipo, although Shodipo caused Smith some early problems, he recovered and showed his well-rounded nature.

CDM- Jonathan Hogg

A lot has been made of Jonathan Hogg's midfield partner Aaron Mooy who has been unplayable at times since joining Huddersfield Town on loan.

Despite the attention on Mooy, Jonathan Hogg has provided a welcome balance to the midfield and Huddersfield's midfield outfought and out-battled Queens Park Rangers.

Rather than Mooy, it was in fact Hogg who was at his very best as his tireless running and willingness to selflessly carry out the menial tasks gave Huddersfield's flair players the creative license to attack at will.

What was also notable was Hogg's distribution and drastically improved quality on the ball. This has been the noticeable change under David Wagner and it was Hogg's vision and passing ability played a key role in the victory.

It was Hogg who was the architect of Huddersfield's second goal as his perfectly-weighted pass into the path of Tommy Smith, gave Smith the time and space to provide the assist for Elias Kachunga. Hogg has been one of Huddersfield's most consistent performers in their excellent start to the season.

CAM- Kasey Palmer

The 19-year-old central attacking midfielder has patiently waited to take his opportunity at Huddersfield Town and it seemed that Saturday may have been the turning point for the Chelsea loanee.

As well as being the architect and finisher of Huddersfield's first goal, Palmer's impact on the game was telling and it proved too much for Queens Park Rangers to handle.

Palmer's enthusiasm and positivity on the ball which was telling even from his first touch moving into space was in stark contrast to Queens Park Ranger's midfield which was struggling to keep up with Palmer's dynamic movement and athleticism.

After the goal it was clear to all to see that the confidence was flowing as Palmer was dropping extremely deep to the base of the midfield to pick the ball up allowing himself to dictate the play alongside Aaron Mooy, and Palmer's composure and work rate played a key role in Queens Park Rangers failing to get a foothold in the game.

David Wagner's glowing praise of Palmer in the post-match press conference shows just how much of a standout performer Palmer was in the victory over Queens Park Rangers.