Given the contrasting form of the two sides we can only envisage a relatively dominant home victory at Loftus Road on Saturday.
Even without Willock, Beale's side boast plenty of attacking threat with Chair and Dykes in form, while the Hoops appear to have found a winning formula and should not be knocked off the summit of the division by their faltering visitors.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Queens Park Rangers win with a probability of 43.24%. A win for Wigan Athletic had a probability of 30.21% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Queens Park Rangers win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.82%) and 2-0 (7.85%). The likeliest Wigan Athletic win was 0-1 (9.02%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.61%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Queens Park Rangers would win this match.
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