Al Karkh will aim to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The home side are currently 10 points behind Al Zawra'a.
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Zawra'a have won significantly more corners away than at home.
This is a local fight, usually meaning extra pressure and significance.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Al Karkh form and stats
The story so far in the Iraqi League for Al Karkh at their home stadium (Al-Karkh Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Al Karkh drew their last game, 0-0 away at Naft Al-Basra (placed 9th).
Before that game, the home loss against Al Quwa Al Jawiya with the scoreline 1-2.Karkh has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Al Karkh have conceded 9 goals.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Al Zawra'a's last game was the home draw against Al Hudod (2-2).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Naft Al-Basra.The visiting Al Zawra'a have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. Zawra'a are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Al Karkh victories, three draws and five Al Zawra'a wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Al Karkh missing players
Al Zawra'a missing players
| Al Karkh | Al Zawra'a | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 35% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 41% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 29% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 35% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 41% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 24% |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 7.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.9 | 9.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 41% | 45% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 24% | 31% |
| 7.8 | 9.1 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Zawra'a 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Duhok | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Basra | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Hudod | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Zakho | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Karbala | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Wasat | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Erbil | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Naft | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 9 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 6 |