Wigan V QPR Sky Bet Championship Match 30 -October 2013Wigan will hand a home debut to goalkeeper Lee Nicholls after number one Scott Carson (ankle) was ruled out.
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Shaun Maloney, Gary Caldwell (both hip) and Ivan Ramis (knee) are all still missing as Owen Coyle's side look to extend their unbeaten home record.Watch Wigan V QPR Live, Watch Wigan V QPR Live Stream, Watch Wigan V QPR Free Live Stream, Watch Wigan V QPR Online, Watch Wigan V QPR Online Free, Wigan V QPR Live, Wigan V QPR live stream Online.
QPR midfielder Joey Barton is suspended after picking up a fifth booking of the season in Saturday's defeat at Burnley.
Andy Johnson has recovered from a hamstring problem but fellow striker Bobby Zamora (knee) is unavailable.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• These clubs have only gone toe-to-toe on 10 occasions previously. All were league matches - in either the Premier League, the Championship or League One - and half were drawn; QPR have won three, and Wigan two.
• Both last season's clashes in the Premier League were drawn; 2-2 at the DW Stadium last December, and 1-1 at Loftus Road in April.
• Wigan's only home win over the London club was 2-0 in the top-flight in August 2011, and Rangers' only away maximum over the Latics was 2-1 in their first ever meeting in September 2001, in the third tier.
Wigan Athletic
• The Latics are the lowest placed of seven clubs still unbeaten at home in the Championship, and are vying for a fourth successive win at the DW, having scored twice in each of their five home league fixtures to date.
• Owen Coyle's charges have scored as many league goals as QPR (14) having played one game fewer, but have only won half as many games; four to Rangers' eight.
• All three of their home victories have been against higher-placed clubs.
Queens Park Rangers
• A ninth league win of the season would see the third-placed Hoops leapfrog Leicester, and climb to within two points of leaders Burnley.
• Harry Redknapp's side are already on their longest winless sequence of the season of two games, having become the last club in England to lose their unbeaten league record, when defeated 2-0 by leaders Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.
• Despite conceding two goals in each of the last two games, Rangers still boast the tightest defence in the Football League (with just six goals shipped), and an unrivalled total of eight clean sheets - all accrued in a club record sequence between 17 August and 5 October.