QPR vs Wigan
English League Championship
Date: Tuesday, 21st February 2017
Kick off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Loftus Road, London.
Reason For QPR vs Wigan Betting Tips
This is an important game for both sides. Victory for QPR will give them a real cushion on the bottom three and they can perhaps afford to look towards planning for next season in the Second Tier. However, a win for Wigan will lift them out of the drop-zone so there is plenty of incentive for both sides ahead of what promises to be a tight game.
Wigan matches this term have tended to be quite low scoring. There have been under 2.5 goals in 59% of their league outings. Given their position in the league, some of their away stats make for good reading and they’ve certainly tended to do better on their travels. The Latics have only lost 3 of their last 11 away league games. They’ve also managed to keep a clean sheet in an excellent 38% of their away games and an overall defensive record of 1.19 goals conceded per game is by no means a disaster.
They come into this match on the back of successive clean sheets, so QPR will have to work hard to break them down but at the other end Wigan still aren’t offering a great deal. They’ve failed to score in 47% of their league games this term and their average of 0.91 goals scored per game remains the worst in the Championship.
QPR were convincing 4-1 winners at Birmingham on Saturday but that perhaps said as much about the home team’s struggles as their own brilliance. They’d gone 5 games without a win prior to that and have a very poor home goal-scoring ratio of 0.91 goals per game in the league and have failed to score in 31% of their home games. Ian Holloway has improved things overall but it’s still 6 defeats in 9 home games since his return to the West London club and QPR have only scored more than once in 1 of their last 8 home games.
Neither of these sides are that convincing going forward and there have been under 2.5 goals in 56% of QPR home games and 56% of Wigan away games this term. Therefore. backing Under 2.5 Goals at 3/5 looks a decent bet here.
QPR vs Wigan: Head-to-head stats
QPR are unbeaten in the last 8 matches against Wigan in all competitions, with 4 wins and 4 draws.
The reverse leg of the current campaign at the DW Stadium ended in a 1-0 win for QPR.
At the Loftus Road, QPR are unbeaten in the latest 5 with 4 wins and a draw. Wigan’s last win here must be dated back to the calendar year 2003.
QPR vs Wigan: Prediction
It is hard to separate the two teams based on form. Both sides have improved from the first half of the season. Yet they are unable to prevent themselves from switching off during crucial periods of the game.
However, the overall head-to-head couple with the home record suggests QPR have the better chance to edge a win here. This is expected to be a fairly open game, so we might see 3 or more goals.
QPR vs Wigan: Bet Tips
FT – QPR to win at 2.40 (7/5)
Over 2.5 goals at 2.40 (7/5).
