Queens Park Rangers greet Wigan Athletic with belief in taking all three points. Can they? Check our in-depth preview!
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wigan Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Championship games here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium for Queens Park Rangers. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Queens Park Rangers has recorded two wins in a row here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
QPR's last game was hosting Cardiff City (placed 18th) and winning 3-0. Midfield player Chair got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Chair served one assist, hit four key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Luton Town (1-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Queens Park Rangers handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
The Queens Park Rangers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, QPR have conceded only 6 goals.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Playing away, Wigan Athletic have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. Wigan Athletic seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Middlesbrough with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Midfielder McClean was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. McClean served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sunderland wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.We have checked recent matches where Wigan Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Wigan have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Queens Park Rangers won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Wigan Athletic got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Willock 6 goals |   W. Keane 6 goals |  L. Dykes 5 goals |
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| Queens Park Rangers | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 53% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 47% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 13% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 27% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 27% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 14.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 36% |
| 11.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 14 | 11 |
| 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wigan Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wigan Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Championship
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Burnley | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Millwall | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Reading | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 19 | Hull City | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
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