Moving closer to the top sides is the subject when these mid-table sides do battle. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league table standing, Al Hudod in 12th and Newroz SC in 13th place.
- Newroz SC have won significantly more corners away than at home.
It's no vacation for neither Hudod nor Newroz SC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Hudod form and stats
3-9-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Al Hudod so far this season.
The Al Hudod club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Newroz SC and win 1-0.
Before that, Al Hudod played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Zakho.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hudod have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Al Hudod has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Hudod have conceded only 12 goals.
Newroz SC form and stats
There's been little loot from Newroz SC's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Iraqi League. Newroz SC only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
There might be some fixture complaints from Newroz SC as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Al Hudod.
Before that, Newroz secured a home win against Naft Maysan with the score 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Newroz SC playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Newroz SC win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Lacking goals? 12 of this side's latest 16 league matches have contained two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Newroz SC as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Newroz have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered result featuring both these sides is the Newroz SC - Al Hudod 3-1 played previously this season.
Al Hudod missing players
Newroz SC missing players
| Al Hudod | Newroz SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 77% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 93% |
| 63% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 53% | 67% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 20% | 40% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 53% | 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 40% | 50% |
| 37% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 27% |
| 33% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 30% |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.3 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 61% | 57% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 46% | 65% |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
- Newroz SC have won significantly more corners away than 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 32 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 58 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Kahrabaa | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 51 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 6 | Duhok | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -8 | 42 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 41 |
| 10 | Karbala | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 40 |
| 11 | Erbil | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Al Hudod | 29 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 38 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 38 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 36 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Wasat | 29 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 33 |
| 16 | Zakho | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 18 | Naft | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 24 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -24 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 29 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 33 | -47 | 8 |
