Match-goers at Al Najaf Stadium haven’t celebrated many victories this season, with Al-Qasim lying uncomfortably in the 17th position. The opposing Karbala will believe to guard their higher league spot in this game.
- Al-Qasim have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Iraqi League
- Karbala is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Al-Qasim form and stats
Al-Qasim's struggle is real here at Al Najaf Stadium with only 11 points collected from 14 Iraqi League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-7. Al-Qasim are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
The spoils were shared in Al-Qasim's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Zawra'a (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
0-0 away at Al Najaf before that.Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 14 league games, 12 have seen zero, one or two goals.
The lack of attacking qualities in Al-Qasim means that they have only scored {6 goals} in 14 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Al-Qasim have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Karbala form and stats
Karbala have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Iraqi League, after 2-3-8 (13 played).
Karbala go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Najaf that ended 2-1.
Prior to that result Karbala won their away game at Newroz SC. The scoreline was 1-0.Karbala are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {6 goals} from 13 away games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other earlier on this match year: Karbala - Al-Qasim 1-1.
Al-Qasim missing players
Karbala missing players
| Al-Qasim | Karbala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 27 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 82% | 79% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 86% |
| 54% | 43% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 23% | 46% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 15% | 29% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 14% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 43% | 29% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 23% | 39% |
| 29% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 31% | 36% |
| 46% | 64% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 62% | 39% |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 1.4 | 0.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| 61% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 42% | 129% |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 9 | 5.7 |
| 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
- Al-Qasim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Al-Qasim have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Iraqi League
- Al-Qasim have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Iraqi League
- Karbala have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Karbala have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Iraqi League
- Karbala have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Karbala is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
| 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 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 58 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Kahrabaa | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Duhok | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Karbala | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Erbil | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 39 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 38 |
| 12 | Al Hudod | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 35 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Wasat | 28 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 33 |
| 16 | Zakho | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 18 | Naft | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 33 | -43 | 8 |
