Iraqi League match research: Al Karkh against Al Kahrabaa

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Wed 22.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Karkh Stadium (6000 seats)

Iraqi League: The middle-of-the-table spots shows the journey Al Karkh and Al Kahrabaa have been on so far. Both participants are set to play; let's go!

Insights:
  • Al Kahrabaa have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Karkh are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Al Kahrabaa is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!

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Al Karkh form and stats

With 3 Iraqi League wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Al Karkh are certainly not brimming with confidence. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Al-Karkh Stadium.

Al Karkh are confident in defense, having played 231 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Karkh shared the glory with Al Talaba in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Before that, Al Karkh had a home game versus Al Diwaniya which ended with a victory 1-0.

Al Karkh have scored 14 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. Karkh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Karkh Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Kahrabaa form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Al Kahrabaa are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

255 minutes! That's how long the Kahrabaa goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Al Kahrabaa go into this game after a win, the home game against Newroz SC that ended 1-0.

A draw for Kahrabaa before that, at their own venue hosting Naft Maysan (0-0).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Kahrabaa as they have only managed to score 14 times from 17 away games in the league. Kahrabaa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled before this season: Al Kahrabaa - Al Karkh 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Karkh won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Al Kahrabaa have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Al Karkh missing players

Al Kahrabaa missing players

Al Karkh Al Kahrabaa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 17 36
7 3 0 Won W 1 5 13
19 9 3 Drew D 2 6 11
10 6 2 Lost L 2 6 12
30 14 3 Scored S 3 14 35
34 17 5 Conceded C 4 16 33
72% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 83%
53% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 59% 58%
36% 28% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 24% 31%
14% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 14%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 41% 39%
36% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 35% 42%
42% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 36%
 
4 4.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 4.6
4.5 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.1 4.1
1.7 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.9 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 9.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.4 7.4
3.4 2.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.9 2.4
26% 27% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 54% 43%
 
8.3 7.2 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5.9 7
2.6 1.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.9 2.6
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Kahrabaa have won significantly less corners away then 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 36 28 5 3 63 20 19 14 3 2 32 11 17 14 2 1 31 9 43 89
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 37 20 9 8 48 29 19 15 2 2 32 13 18 5 7 6 16 16 19 69
3 Al Talaba 36 20 7 9 51 30 18 11 5 2 32 15 18 9 2 7 19 15 21 67
4 Naft Al-Wasat 36 17 12 7 48 33 18 10 5 3 26 13 18 7 7 4 22 20 15 63
5 Al Zawra'a 36 15 15 6 38 24 17 11 3 3 24 11 19 4 12 3 14 13 14 60
6 Naft 36 14 16 6 32 20 18 7 8 3 18 10 18 7 8 3 14 10 12 58
7 Al Najaf 36 14 11 11 38 34 18 6 8 4 18 17 18 8 3 7 20 17 4 53
8 Al Kahrabaa 36 13 11 12 35 33 19 8 5 6 21 17 17 5 6 6 14 16 2 50
9 Newroz SC 36 13 9 14 39 41 18 10 5 3 23 14 18 3 4 11 16 27 -2 48
10 Zakho 36 10 15 11 32 30 17 4 8 5 13 13 19 6 7 6 19 17 2 45
11 Erbil 36 11 11 14 35 40 19 10 2 7 25 19 17 1 9 7 10 21 -5 44
12 Naft Al-Janoob 36 10 13 13 36 39 17 5 8 4 15 15 19 5 5 9 21 24 -3 43
13 Al Karkh 36 7 19 10 30 34 18 3 9 6 14 17 18 4 10 4 16 17 -4 40
14 Naft Maysan 36 8 16 12 26 34 18 6 6 6 19 20 18 2 10 6 7 14 -8 40
15 Al-Qasim 36 8 16 12 33 46 18 6 10 2 17 15 18 2 6 10 16 31 -13 40
16 Baghdad 37 9 12 16 30 38 19 4 10 5 15 15 18 5 2 11 15 23 -8 39
17 Al Sinaah 36 7 16 13 27 35 18 5 6 7 12 12 18 2 10 6 15 23 -8 37
18 Al Diwaniya 36 9 8 19 31 50 18 7 5 6 23 19 18 2 3 13 8 31 -19 35
19 Al Minaa Basra 36 2 20 14 29 47 17 1 12 4 16 18 19 1 8 10 13 29 -18 26
20 Samaraa 36 1 9 26 20 64 18 1 5 12 13 29 18 0 4 14 7 35 -44 12