QPR defender Nedum Onuoha insists they can survive the relegation battle.

An eight-point gap now separates 15th-place Aston Villa and QPR, who face a trip to fellow strugglers Bolton this weekend.

"I called it a 'mini league' a few weeks ago and it is that at the minute," said Onuoha, who joined the Hoops from Manchester City in January.

"Everyone has to start winning games, that's the priority for all of the five sides down there.

"But fortunately the one thing that you can say has been consistent about the other four [Blackburn, Wolves, Bolton and Wigan] is the fact that they've not put too many wins together.

"Whoever can get the most wins between now and the end of the season will prove to be champions of the mini league."