Al Talaba have journeyed here for an exciting fight versus the hosts Al Kahrabaa. Prepare for the game with this full Iraqi League preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Talaba have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an in-your-face match!
Al Kahrabaa form and stats
A Iraqi League draw at home so far for Al Kahrabaa. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Kahrabaa, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 213 minutes in the Iraqi League.
It's back home for Al Kahrabaa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Erbil away with the result 1-0.
In the match before that, Kahrabaa hosted Naft Al-Wasat and drew the game 0-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Kahrabaa, as the Iraqi League home game vs Al Quwa Al Jawiya is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Kahrabaa's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 0 conceded.
Al Talaba form and stats
Talaba won their last game, 1-0 versus Karbala played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al-Qasim.Head 2 Head
Al Talaba have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Al Kahrabaa.Al Kahrabaa missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Al Kahrabaa | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Al Kahrabaa | Last season | Al Talaba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 54 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 58% | ||
| 32% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 47% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 26% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 39% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 45% | ||
| 39% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 39% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 50% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Hudod | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Duhok | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Shorta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Naft Al-Basra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Kahrabaa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Newroz SC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Zakho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Karbala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Al Najaf | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Erbil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Al Diwaniya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Al-Qasim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Naft | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 43 | 91 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 71 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 69 |
| 4 | Naft | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 64 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 50 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 64 |
| 6 | Al Zawra'a | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 61 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 57 |
| 8 | Newroz SC | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | -3 | 51 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 50 |
| 10 | Zakho | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 48 |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -5 | 47 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Basra | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -2 | 46 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 46 |
| 14 | Al Karkh | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -4 | 43 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 37 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 41 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 34 | -16 | 41 |
| 17 | Baghdad | 39 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 25 | -9 | 40 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 51 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 31 | -18 | 39 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 38 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 30 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 38 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 20 | 70 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 38 | -50 | 12 |