Karbala Stadium: Al Diwaniya vs Al Najaf Iraqi League full preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Thu 29.Jun
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Karbala Stadium (9000 seats)

Both Al Diwaniya and Al Najaf are thirsting for points in this game, even with the visitors holding a 30 point edge from earlier matches.

Insights:
  • Al Diwaniya have the most conceded goals (72) in Iraqi League

Al Najaf could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Iraqi League game only four sleeps ago.

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Al Diwaniya form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Iraqi League this season. Al Diwaniya have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Karbala Stadium.

The Al Diwaniya crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Newroz SC here at Karbala Stadium.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Zakho.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Diwaniya here at Karbala Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Al Diwaniya are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (22 from 10 played).

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Al Najaf form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Al Najaf playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season.

Al Najaf are looking to quickly end their 318 minutes long goal drought in the Iraqi League.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Al Shorta with 0-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Al Shorta was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A draw for Najaf before that, at their own venue hosting Al Hudod (0-0).

Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's latest 13 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Najaf as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Al Najaf as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Al Najaf have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Diwaniya.

The former H2H match ended Al Najaf - Al Diwaniya 0-0, earlier this season.

Al Diwaniya missing players

Al Najaf missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Diwaniya Al Najaf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 10 3 Played P 5 14 27
2 2 0 Won W 3 5 11
5 1 1 Drew D 1 5 8
18 7 2 Lost L 1 4 8
18 7 2 Scored S 5 13 29
54 22 4 Conceded C 2 11 26
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
72% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 57% 59%
48% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 26%
32% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 15%
12% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
52% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 37%
8% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 43% 41%
44% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 33%
 
1.2 0.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 1.7 1.9
1.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.2 2.8
0.8 0.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.2 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
2.1 0.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 2 4.4 4.1
0.6 0.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.2 1.2
127% 167% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 79% 82%
 
4.6 1.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 4 7.6 7.4
1.8 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.2 2.5 2.7
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Diwaniya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Diwaniya have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have the fewest points (7) at home in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have the most conceded goals (72) in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have the the worst goal difference (-49) in Iraqi League
  • Al Diwaniya have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Diwaniya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Shorta 28 18 5 5 55 22 12 9 2 1 19 7 16 9 3 4 28 14 33 59
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 27 15 6 6 54 23 16 8 4 4 27 13 11 7 2 2 16 8 31 51
3 Al Talaba 30 13 8 9 45 34 16 7 4 5 20 17 14 6 4 4 19 16 11 47
4 Al Zawra'a 25 12 9 4 46 29 12 7 4 1 18 10 13 5 5 3 13 10 17 45
5 Al Najaf 27 11 8 8 40 36 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 5 5 4 13 11 4 41
6 Duhok 25 10 11 4 29 32 12 6 5 1 14 7 13 4 6 3 10 9 -3 41
7 Al Kahrabaa 26 10 9 7 43 33 14 5 5 4 15 15 12 5 4 3 18 14 10 39
8 Erbil 28 10 9 9 35 35 16 7 5 4 15 13 12 3 4 5 14 16 0 39
9 Karbala 28 10 8 10 33 32 15 7 5 3 18 12 13 3 3 7 9 14 1 38
10 Newroz SC 26 9 8 9 38 37 9 6 3 0 17 9 17 3 5 9 12 18 1 35
11 Zakho 32 7 13 12 32 34 15 4 7 4 13 14 17 3 6 8 17 20 -2 34
12 Al Karkh 25 8 9 8 36 32 11 5 4 2 16 11 14 3 5 6 10 12 4 33
13 Al Hudod 25 6 14 5 34 32 12 3 6 3 16 15 13 3 8 2 13 14 2 32
14 Naft Maysan 26 7 10 9 37 46 13 5 7 1 15 12 13 2 3 8 14 24 -9 31
15 Naft Al-Janoob 27 6 11 10 30 36 15 3 4 8 11 21 12 3 7 2 14 10 -6 29
16 Naft Al-Wasat 22 5 13 4 23 24 12 3 7 2 9 7 10 2 6 2 6 5 -1 28
17 Al-Qasim 23 6 9 8 26 33 15 4 6 5 11 12 8 2 3 3 9 10 -7 27
18 Naft 27 5 8 14 34 48 15 2 5 8 13 23 12 3 3 6 11 16 -14 23
19 Al Sinaah 26 5 5 16 23 46 11 2 2 7 6 13 15 3 3 9 11 23 -23 20
20 Al Diwaniya 25 2 5 18 23 72 10 2 1 7 7 22 15 0 4 11 11 32 -49 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Shorta 28 18 5 5 55 22 12 9 2 1 19 7 16 9 3 4 28 14 33 59
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 27 15 6 6 54 23 16 8 4 4 27 13 11 7 2 2 16 8 31 51
3 Al Talaba 30 13 8 9 45 34 16 7 4 5 20 17 14 6 4 4 19 16 11 47
4 Al Zawra'a 25 12 9 4 46 29 12 7 4 1 18 10 13 5 5 3 13 10 17 45
5 Al Najaf 27 11 8 8 40 36 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 5 5 4 13 11 4 41
6 Duhok 25 10 11 4 29 32 12 6 5 1 14 7 13 4 6 3 10 9 -3 41
7 Al Kahrabaa 26 10 9 7 43 33 14 5 5 4 15 15 12 5 4 3 18 14 10 39
8 Erbil 28 10 9 9 35 35 16 7 5 4 15 13 12 3 4 5 14 16 0 39
9 Karbala 28 10 8 10 33 32 15 7 5 3 18 12 13 3 3 7 9 14 1 38
10 Newroz SC 26 9 8 9 38 37 9 6 3 0 17 9 17 3 5 9 12 18 1 35
11 Zakho 32 7 13 12 32 34 15 4 7 4 13 14 17 3 6 8 17 20 -2 34
12 Al Karkh 25 8 9 8 36 32 11 5 4 2 16 11 14 3 5 6 10 12 4 33
13 Al Hudod 25 6 14 5 34 32 12 3 6 3 16 15 13 3 8 2 13 14 2 32
14 Naft Maysan 26 7 10 9 37 46 13 5 7 1 15 12 13 2 3 8 14 24 -9 31
15 Naft Al-Janoob 27 6 11 10 30 36 15 3 4 8 11 21 12 3 7 2 14 10 -6 29
16 Naft Al-Wasat 22 5 13 4 23 24 12 3 7 2 9 7 10 2 6 2 6 5 -1 28
17 Al-Qasim 23 6 9 8 26 33 15 4 6 5 11 12 8 2 3 3 9 10 -7 27
18 Naft 27 5 8 14 34 48 15 2 5 8 13 23 12 3 3 6 11 16 -14 23
19 Al Sinaah 26 5 5 16 23 46 11 2 2 7 6 13 15 3 3 9 11 23 -23 20
20 Al Diwaniya 25 2 5 18 23 72 10 2 1 7 7 22 15 0 4 11 11 32 -49 11

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