This is a vital duel in the cellar of the Iraqi League, with both Al Diwaniya and Samaraa going through more distress than bliss. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 18th and the away side in 20th spot.
- Al Diwaniya have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (17) in Iraqi League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Diwaniya form and stats
Al Diwaniya have collected 17 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 4-5-6.
Jumaa was the last player to score a league goal for Al Diwaniya and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Diwaniya haven't scored in 200 minutes.
Diwaniya faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al-Qasim (0-1).
0-0 away at Al Sinaah before that.Al Diwaniya have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Diwaniya have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Samaraa form and stats
Samaraa have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Iraqi League, after 0-4-11 (15 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Al Najaf with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A 0-3 defeat away at Al Shorta before that.Goals are few and far between in Samaraa's away league games. Only 5 goals from 15 travels. Samaraa have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Samaraa - Al Diwaniya 0-0 was the end result in these teams' last H2H fixture, played this season.Al Diwaniya missing players
Samaraa missing players
| Al Diwaniya | Samaraa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 21 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 48 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 50 |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 74% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 71% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 20% | 32% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 47% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 33% | 42% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 58% | 47% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 67% | 58% |
| 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 7.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| 2.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 12% | 15% |
| 9.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
| 4.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Diwaniya have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Samaraa have scored away.
- Al Diwaniya have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Iraqi League
- Al Diwaniya have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Samaraa have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest points (4) away in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (17) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals (50) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have yet to win a game away.
- Samaraa is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 82 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 59 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 58 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 56 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 31 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 54 |
| 6 | Naft | 31 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Zakho | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Newroz SC | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Naft Al-Janoob | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 38 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 37 |
| 12 | Baghdad | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Erbil | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 36 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 34 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 31 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 29 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | -27 | 25 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 31 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 20 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 31 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 50 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -33 | 11 |