Queens Park Rangers will seek to strengthen their position at the top of the Championship table when they play host to Wigan Athletic on Saturday with kickoff at 5 pm.
Queens Park Rangers enjoyed a promising start to the Championship season, sitting on 15 points from 10 league games. Since, they have continued to improve rapidly, climbing to the top of the table with four victories from five outings.
They have only lost once since returning from international duty but could not win again as they faced Luton Town last weekend.
However, Beale’s men had another chance to return to winning ways and maintain their place at the top of the pile when they hosted Cardiff City on Wednesday.
Wigan Athletic welcome a Latics side who have not fared as well since the break at the end of September, having put 16 points on the board in their final 10 games of League One before promotion last season.
Since returning to action, though, Leam Richardson’s side has only managed to add three more points to their total—a 1-0 victory over high-flyers Blackburn Rovers after consecutive defeats at the hands of Hull City and Cardiff City.
The Latics have struggled to build on that win, though, firstly losing away at Sunderland last weekend before being well beaten at home by Middlesbrough on Wednesday.
QPR vs. Wigan Head to Head
Both sides have 14 games against each other, with the hosts taking seven wins while the hosts with three wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- QPR 3-0 Cardiff
- Luton 3-1 QPR
- QPR 2-1 Reading
- Sheffield 0-1 QPR
Away
- Wigan 1-4 Middlesbrough
- Sunderland 2-1 Wigan
- Wigan 1-0 Blackburn
- Wigan 1-3 Cardiff
QPR Team News
Queens Park Rangers manager Steve McClaren is expected to field an unchanged starting XI on Saturday after Wednesday’s resounding home victory, with key attacker Chris Willock remaining sidelined by an injury.
Wigan Team News
Wigan Athletic winger Callum Lang will likely miss Saturday’s contest against Middlesbrough because of a hamstring injury, while Graeme Shinnie will be fighting to regain his spot in the midfield after being substituted late in the defeat to Middlesbrough.
Prediction and Odds
Home advantage and the contrasting form of the two sides mean a victory for QPR over Wigan. On Saturday is likely.
- Home Win
- Both Teams to Score
- Goals Over 2.5
