Tension and suspense is expected at Al Najaf Stadium when Al Najaf meet Al Zawra'a in what should be a first-rate game. Read the preview!
- Al Najaf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Zawra'a have the most scored goals (12) in Iraqi League
Al Najaf and Al Zawra'a should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf have collected seven points from their first three Iraqi League games here at Al Najaf Stadium, a promising start.
Al Najaf's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Newroz SC (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that match, a win away at Zakho.A decent goal production from Al Najaf in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Al Najaf have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Iraqi League away games so far for Al Zawra'a with six points collected from three matches.
There were no winners in Zawra'a's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Naft (placed 18th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Newroz SC with the score of 4-2.Al Zawra'a have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Najaf, three draws and six wins for Al Zawra'a. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
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| Al Najaf | Al Zawra'a | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 11.8 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 38% |
| 9.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4 |
- Al Najaf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Najaf have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Najaf have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Zawra'a have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Zawra'a have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Iraqi League
- Al Zawra'a have the most scored goals (12) in Iraqi League
- Al Zawra'a have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Zawra'a haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Najaf's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Hudod | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Shorta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Al Kahrabaa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Al Karkh | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Naft Maysan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Newroz SC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Duhok | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Karbala | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Erbil | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Zakho | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Naft | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Al Sinaah | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
