Al Taji Stadium: Al Kahrabaa vs Al Karkh Iraqi League preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Thu 01.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Taji Stadium (5000 seats)

Al Kahrabaa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 36 points and a 14th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Al Karkh holds 10th place with 38 pts.

Insights:
  • Al Kahrabaa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

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

Relegation threatens Al Kahrabaa who should definitely be looking for some points here. Karkh are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Al Kahrabaa form and stats

Al Kahrabaa have played 16 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-5 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Kahrabaa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Naft Maysan away with the result 4-2. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

In the match before that, Kahrabaa hosted Al Najaf and drew the game 0-0.

Kahrabaa aren't scoring a lot here at Al Taji Stadium in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. Al Kahrabaa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Taji Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Al Karkh form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Karkh so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-6 (win-draw-lose).

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Iraqi League match played at their home ground Al-Karkh Stadium. Al Karkh suffered a 0-1 loss to Al Hudod (placed 19th).

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Al Quwa Al Jawiya's place.

The attacking power of Karkh when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Karkh are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Karkh - Kahrabaa 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Kahrabaa victories, two draws and four Al Karkh wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Al Kahrabaa missing players

Al Karkh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Kahrabaa Al Karkh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
7 4 1 Won W 2 3 9
15 7 3 Drew D 2 7 11
11 5 2 Lost L 1 6 13
33 15 7 Scored S 4 13 28
33 14 8 Conceded C 2 15 34
85% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 75% 85%
48% 44% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 44% 55%
33% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 33%
27% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 12%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
45% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 39%
27% 38% 17% Clean Sheets C S 60% 38% 30%
42% 38% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 45%
 
2.6 1.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 4
5.6 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7 4.8
1 0.8 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.4 8.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11 6.9
1.3 1.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 2.8
56% 71% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 25% 39%
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Kahrabaa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Kahrabaa have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 33 22 7 4 59 24 17 13 2 2 41 18 16 9 5 2 18 6 35 73
2 Al Shorta 33 18 11 4 54 22 17 10 7 0 33 9 16 8 4 4 21 13 32 65
3 Al Zawra'a 33 16 15 2 38 16 17 9 7 1 23 9 16 7 8 1 15 7 22 63
4 Al Najaf 33 17 11 5 40 22 16 7 7 2 18 11 17 10 4 3 22 11 18 62
5 Naft Al-Wasat 33 15 12 6 39 26 16 7 4 5 17 13 17 8 8 1 22 13 13 57
6 Naft 33 10 15 8 32 29 17 5 9 3 17 13 16 5 6 5 15 16 3 45
7 Baghdad 33 12 9 12 26 25 17 4 6 7 12 14 16 8 3 5 14 11 1 45
8 Al Minaa Basra 33 10 12 11 38 37 16 7 4 5 20 15 17 3 8 6 18 22 1 42
9 Zakho 33 9 14 10 30 35 16 6 7 3 16 14 17 3 7 7 14 21 -5 41
10 Al Karkh 33 9 11 13 28 34 17 6 4 7 15 19 16 3 7 6 13 15 -6 38
11 Naft Al-Janoob 33 8 14 11 30 38 16 5 5 6 16 19 17 3 9 5 14 19 -8 38
12 Naft Maysan 33 8 14 11 33 42 17 3 7 7 15 23 16 5 7 4 18 19 -9 38
13 Erbil 33 8 13 12 35 36 16 5 6 5 22 14 17 3 7 7 13 22 -1 37
14 Al Kahrabaa 33 7 15 11 33 33 16 4 7 5 15 14 17 3 8 6 18 19 0 36
15 Al-Qasim 33 7 13 13 32 43 17 4 6 7 18 22 16 3 7 6 14 21 -11 34
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 33 6 14 13 20 31 17 5 9 3 10 9 16 1 5 10 10 22 -11 32
17 Al Diwaniya 33 5 17 11 16 32 17 4 10 3 10 9 16 1 7 8 6 23 -16 32
18 Al Talaba 33 6 12 15 29 43 16 3 5 8 14 20 17 3 7 7 15 23 -14 30
19 Al Hudod 33 3 18 12 28 42 16 1 10 5 16 22 17 2 8 7 12 20 -14 27
20 Al Simawa 33 5 11 17 16 46 16 4 7 5 9 12 17 1 4 12 7 34 -30 26

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 Quwa Al Jawiya 33 22 7 4 59 24 17 13 2 2 41 18 16 9 5 2 18 6 35 73
2 Al Shorta 33 18 11 4 54 22 17 10 7 0 33 9 16 8 4 4 21 13 32 65
3 Al Zawra'a 33 16 15 2 38 16 17 9 7 1 23 9 16 7 8 1 15 7 22 63
4 Al Najaf 33 17 11 5 40 22 16 7 7 2 18 11 17 10 4 3 22 11 18 62
5 Naft Al-Wasat 33 15 12 6 39 26 16 7 4 5 17 13 17 8 8 1 22 13 13 57
6 Naft 33 10 15 8 32 29 17 5 9 3 17 13 16 5 6 5 15 16 3 45
7 Baghdad 33 12 9 12 26 25 17 4 6 7 12 14 16 8 3 5 14 11 1 45
8 Al Minaa Basra 33 10 12 11 38 37 16 7 4 5 20 15 17 3 8 6 18 22 1 42
9 Zakho 33 9 14 10 30 35 16 6 7 3 16 14 17 3 7 7 14 21 -5 41
10 Al Karkh 33 9 11 13 28 34 17 6 4 7 15 19 16 3 7 6 13 15 -6 38
11 Naft Al-Janoob 33 8 14 11 30 38 16 5 5 6 16 19 17 3 9 5 14 19 -8 38
12 Naft Maysan 33 8 14 11 33 42 17 3 7 7 15 23 16 5 7 4 18 19 -9 38
13 Erbil 33 8 13 12 35 36 16 5 6 5 22 14 17 3 7 7 13 22 -1 37
14 Al Kahrabaa 33 7 15 11 33 33 16 4 7 5 15 14 17 3 8 6 18 19 0 36
15 Al-Qasim 33 7 13 13 32 43 17 4 6 7 18 22 16 3 7 6 14 21 -11 34
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 33 6 14 13 20 31 17 5 9 3 10 9 16 1 5 10 10 22 -11 32
17 Al Diwaniya 33 5 17 11 16 32 17 4 10 3 10 9 16 1 7 8 6 23 -16 32
18 Al Talaba 33 6 12 15 29 43 16 3 5 8 14 20 17 3 7 7 15 23 -14 30
19 Al Hudod 33 3 18 12 28 42 16 1 10 5 16 22 17 2 8 7 12 20 -14 27
20 Al Simawa 33 5 11 17 16 46 16 4 7 5 9 12 17 1 4 12 7 34 -30 26

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