Championship duel: Close contest expected between Wigan Athletic and Queens Park Rangers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic - Queens Park Rangers: Championship cellar occupants hungry for points and triumph. Check out all the relevant data and information before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Championship
  • Queens Park Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic's results here at The DW Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 3 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. When Wigan Athletic hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 2 of 5 matches! Three draws in a row here at The DW Stadium for Wigan Athletic, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

An away draw last time out for Wigan, facing Watford in a game that ended 1-1. McClean (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.23/10. McClean scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

In the match before that, Wigan Athletic hosted Coventry City and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Wigan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wigan as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Wigan Athletic has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wigan Athletic here at The DW Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 19 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 32 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

Playing away, Queens Park Rangers have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 9 defeats in the Championship this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Ainsworth, the Queens Park Rangers manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for QPR in their previous game as they lost hosting Birmingham City, 0-1. Midfield player Adomah was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Adomah hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-6 loss visiting Blackpool's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Queens Park Rangers, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

The attacking power of Queens Park Rangers when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 19 league matches away. In the opposite end, Queens Park Rangers have conceded 32 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other previously this season, with the match result Queens Park Rangers - Wigan 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Wigan Athletic victories, one draw and seven Queens Park Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
10 goals
Queens Park RangersC. Willock
C. Willock
6 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
6 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 19 38
7 3 2 Won W 0 5 11
13 6 1 Drew D 3 5 9
18 10 2 Lost L 3 9 18
33 14 5 Scored S 5 18 38
59 32 6 Conceded C 14 32 59
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 92%
74% 63% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 71%
42% 37% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 53%
18% 26% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 37% 26%
13% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 8%
63% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 50%
18% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 26% 21%
26% 32% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 37% 37%
 
4.3 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 5.2
4.4 3.1 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.6 4.8
1.9 1.8 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.9 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10.5 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.7 12.7
2.8 2.6 1.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 3.4
31% 28% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 33% 29%
 
11.6 9.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 12.1 11
3.6 3.2 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest points (15) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.