Nedum Onuoha’s goal four minutes into the second half gave QPR victory at the DW Stadium.
Sebastian Polter’s presence prevented Wigan from clearing Jake Bidwell’s free-kick and after the German laid the ball off to Rangers’ captain, Onuoha fired into the net.
Polter came closest to scoring for the visitors during a cagey first half, heading wide from a free-kick by Yeni Ngbakoto, who earlier saw a 25-yard effort comfortably saved by keeper Adam Bogdan.
Wigan thought they had gone ahead five minutes before the break when Craig Morgan headed into the net from Luke Garbutt’s cross, but the flag was raised for offside.
Keeper Alex Smithies made a fine save to preserve QPR’s lead when he dived low to his right to keep out a shot from Garbutt.
Rangers then survived late scares when Max Power shot narrowly wide and when Will Grigg headed over.
And James Perch denied his former side an injury-time equaliser with a vital challenge to thwart Grigg at the far post.
This post was last modified on 29/08/2016
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No doubt there will be jubilation amongst our supporters,however it says everything about our current squad when we are relying on defenders to do our scoring.
Well Done Rangers you have put preston behind you a secured a good away win today onwrds and upwards lets take this performance today onto our home game with blackburn on the 10th You Rssssssssss
Well done Rangers
Always good to secure an away win.