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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Mon 29.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Najaf Stadium (12000 seats)

Numbers, recent trends, recent fixtures, form details, head-2-head, lineups and a lot more: Here's all you should know about Al Najaf - Al Hudod!

Insights:
  • Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Hudod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Al Najaf form and stats

7-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Al Najaf so far this season.

Al Najaf haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 228 minutes ago. Fayyadh scored that one.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Najaf, who played 0-0 against Al Hudod. That match was also played at this venue (Najaf Stadium).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Naft Maysan (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Najaf have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.

Al Najaf are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Najaf's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Hudod form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 4 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats. Al Hudod are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

194 minutes! That's how long the Al Hudod goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Hudod are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Najaf (placed 8th).

Before that, Al Hudod secured a home win against Newroz SC with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Al Hudod have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Hudod has managed {16 goals} and let in 16 from 16 matches.

Head 2 Head

Najaf and Al Hudod have faced each other previously this season: Al Najaf - Al Hudod 0-0. Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Al Najaf, four draws and five wins for Al Hudod. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Al Najaf missing players

Al Hudod missing players

Al Najaf Al Hudod
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 5 16 31
11 7 3 Won W 1 4 8
10 4 0 Drew D 1 9 18
10 5 2 Lost L 3 3 5
34 23 14 Scored S 4 16 32
31 18 11 Conceded C 8 16 28
84% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 69% 74%
58% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 56% 61%
29% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 32%
19% 31% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 23%
13% 25% 80% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
45% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 52%
39% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 39%
32% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 35%
 
1.9 2.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.4 2.8
2.3 1.2 0.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.6 3.9
0.8 0.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
3.6 2 1.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 4.8 5.4
0.9 0.7 0.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.4 2.3
110% 200% 900% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 52% 53%
 
5.5 3.2 0.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 5.8 6.4
1.9 1.3 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 1.8 2.2
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Hudod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 30 18 8 4 52 19 16 9 4 3 29 13 14 9 4 1 23 6 33 62
2 Al Shorta 30 18 7 5 48 22 15 10 4 1 23 8 15 8 3 4 25 14 26 61
3 Al Zawra'a 30 15 12 3 45 27 14 9 5 0 23 11 16 6 7 3 22 16 18 57
4 Al Kahrabaa 31 14 9 8 40 31 16 6 6 4 18 15 15 8 3 4 22 16 9 51
5 Al Talaba 30 14 8 8 41 31 15 7 4 4 20 15 15 7 4 4 21 16 10 50
6 Duhok 31 11 12 8 27 28 15 7 6 2 16 10 16 4 6 6 11 18 -1 45
7 Karbala 31 12 8 11 30 27 16 9 5 2 22 11 15 3 3 9 8 16 3 44
8 Al Najaf 31 11 10 10 34 31 16 7 4 5 23 18 15 4 6 5 11 13 3 43
9 Al Karkh 30 11 9 10 34 29 16 6 5 5 21 18 14 5 4 5 13 11 5 42
10 Al Hudod 31 8 18 5 32 28 15 4 9 2 16 12 16 4 9 3 16 16 4 42
11 Naft Maysan 31 11 9 11 34 43 16 8 6 2 18 15 15 3 3 9 16 28 -9 42
12 Newroz SC 31 11 8 12 35 35 16 9 3 4 26 19 15 2 5 8 9 16 0 41
13 Erbil 30 10 9 11 30 34 14 6 4 4 13 13 16 4 5 7 17 21 -4 39
14 Naft Al-Janoob 30 8 12 10 28 31 15 4 4 7 11 18 15 4 8 3 17 13 -3 36
15 Naft Al-Wasat 30 5 18 7 22 23 15 3 9 3 12 11 15 2 9 4 10 12 -1 33
16 Zakho 30 7 12 11 29 31 14 4 7 3 13 12 16 3 5 8 16 19 -2 33
17 Al-Qasim 31 7 11 13 26 33 16 4 5 7 11 15 15 3 6 6 15 18 -7 32
18 Naft 30 6 9 15 30 42 15 2 5 8 16 23 15 4 4 7 14 19 -12 27
19 Al Sinaah 30 6 5 19 18 43 15 3 3 9 9 18 15 3 2 10 9 25 -25 23
20 Al Diwaniya 30 1 6 23 19 66 14 1 2 11 7 32 16 0 4 12 12 34 -47 9