Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012
Result
Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Queens Park Rangers won against Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Heidar Helguson opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Heidar Helguson (33', penalty), Ákos Buzsáky (45') and Mark Smith (81'). Wigan Athletic scored through Hugo Rodallega (66').
Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 18th on 17 points from 21 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 15 points from 21. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.
Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Queens Park Rangers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Queens Park Rangers's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Wigan Athletic's L-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · James McCarthy
- 33'Penalty goal · Heidar Helguson
- 44'Yellow card · Lohoré Gohouri
- 45'Goal · Ákos Buzsáky
- 66'Goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 70'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 74'Missed penalty · Heidar Helguson
- 81'Goal · Mark Smith
- 85'Yellow card · Luke Young
Head-to-head
Team news
Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)
Paddy Kenny, Clint Hill, Fitz Hall, Luke Young, Anton Ferdinand, Ákos Buzsáky, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Dudley Campbell, Jamie Mackie, Heidar Helguson, Joey Barton
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-5-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, James McArthur, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez