Half-time: QPR 1 Wigan 0

Yossi Benayoun’s second goal in as many games put QPR ahead at Loftus Road.

He finished off a lovely team move that started with Joey Barton finding Niko Kranjcar on the left.

The Croatian in turn threaded through a pass for Tom Carroll, whose pull-back was cleverly back-heeled by Clint Hill into the path of Benayoun, enabling him to score from close range.

In-form Wigan responded strongly and R’s keeper Rob Green had to produce four saves to ensure his team led at the break.

Green denied James Perch and Nick Powell before keeping out James McClean’s effort after the Wigan man had squirmed away from fellow Irishman Richard Dunne.

McClean then saw another shot stopped by Green and it was soon Nedum Onuoha’s turn to save Rangers, the defender throwing himself into a challenge on James McArthur in the box that had to be perfectly timed, and was.

At the other end, Kranjcar fired straight at keeper Ali Al-Habsi from 20 yards after being teed up by Bobby Zamora.

Wigan remained a threat and McClean had another chance a minute before half-time but dragged his shot wide of the far post.

QPR (4-4-1-1): Green; Hughes, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Benayoun, Carroll, Barton, Kranjcar; Morrison; Zamora.
Subs: Murphy, Simpson, Keane, Yun, Henry, Hoilett, O’Neil.

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