The bragging rights belong to Al Najaf so far this season, with the 3rd place in the Iraqi League table and anticipating the visit of Karbala (who are placed 10th).
- Al Najaf is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
- Karbala have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Iraqi League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Iraqi League.
Al Najaf form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Al Najaf so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Al Najaf are confident in defense, having played 267 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Najaf, who won 1-0 against Al-Qasim (placed 16th).
Before that, Al Najaf had a home game versus Al Zawra'a which ended with a victory 1-0.A decent goal production from Al Najaf in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Najaf have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Karbala form and stats
Playing away, Karbala have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Iraqi League this season.
The Karbala goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 300 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The followers enjoyed Karbala's previous fixture versus Newroz SC (placed 15th), a 2-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Zakho that ended 0-0.Betting on few goals? 7 league matches in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.
It's not easy to score on Karbala as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Najaf have won at least one point in the last 13 matches (7-6-0) against Karbala.Al Najaf missing players
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| Al Najaf | Karbala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 3.5 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 4.2 | 2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 50% | 75% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 9.5 | 5.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 |
- Al Najaf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Najaf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Najaf have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Karbala have scored away.
- Al Najaf have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 Najaf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Najaf is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
- Karbala have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Karbala have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Karbala have failed to score a single goal away.
- Karbala have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Iraqi League
- Karbala have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Karbala have yet to win a game 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Kahrabaa | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Hudod | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shorta | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Erbil | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Karbala | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Duhok | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Wasat | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Zakho | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Naft | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
