Al Quwa Al Jawiya manager Azzawi looking for three points in Al Najaf showdown

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Mon 10.October
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shaab Stadium (40000 seats)

Round two of the Iraqi League campaign and the teams have taken their learnings from the first game. Here's the ultimate Al Quwa Al Jawiya - Al Najaf pre-match guide:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Jawiya and Al Najaf.

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Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats

Last season, Al Quwa Al Jawiya's league stats were 20 wins, 11 draws and 8 losses, leading to 2nd spot in the Iraqi League. From these 39 matches they scored {50 goals} and conceded 31. Appearing as the host team in the former season Al Quwa Al Jawiya generated 15-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 13 conceded. Al Quwa Al Jawiya have only played one Iraqi League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 19 matches.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya's last game was hosting Al Najaf (placed 19th) and winning 2-0.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Al Sinaah the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Quwa Al Jawiya handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Quwa Al Jawiya at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Al Najaf form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Najaf performed last season in the Iraqi League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 12 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {35 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 22/18 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Iraqi League ended in defeat. Last season Al Najaf had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 9, drew 3 and lost 7.

Najaf play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Al Quwa Al Jawiya (placed 2nd). That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Prior to that result Al Najaf won their away game at Al Zawra'a. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Al Najaf have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Al Najaf has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Al Quwa Al Jawiya - Al Najaf 2-0 entered in the official records. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Jawiya won five, Al Najaf were winners in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

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Total First Half Second Half
Al Quwa Al Jawiya Al Najaf
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 8
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7
9 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
22% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 17
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 9
Al Quwa Al Jawiya Last season Al Najaf
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   19 38
20 15   Won W   9 15
11 2   Drew D   3 12
8 2   Lost L   7 11
50 32   Scored S   22 40
31 13   Conceded C   18 35
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 87%
69% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 61%
38% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
8% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 13%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
46% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
38% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 39%
26% 11%   Failed to Score F T   26% 32%
 
5.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.3
2.6 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.6
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.8
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   5.8 7
3.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.7 2.2
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 41%
 
7.5 7.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.5
2.3 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.5

  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 Talaba 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Al Zawra'a 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Al Hudod 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Al Karkh 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Al Kahrabaa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Naft Al-Wasat 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Al Shorta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Duhok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Erbil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Karbala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Naft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Naft Al-Basra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Naft Maysan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Newroz SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Al Diwaniya 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Zakho 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Al-Qasim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Al Najaf 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Al Sinaah 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 38 28 7 3 64 21 19 14 3 2 32 11 19 14 4 1 32 10 43 91
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 39 20 11 8 50 31 19 15 2 2 32 13 20 5 9 6 18 18 19 71
3 Al Talaba 38 20 9 9 54 33 19 11 6 2 34 17 19 9 3 7 20 16 21 69
4 Naft 38 16 16 6 38 20 19 8 8 3 21 10 19 8 8 3 17 10 18 64
5 Naft Al-Wasat 38 17 13 8 50 36 19 10 5 4 27 15 19 7 8 4 23 21 14 64
6 Al Zawra'a 38 15 16 7 40 27 19 11 4 4 26 14 19 4 12 3 14 13 13 61
7 Al Najaf 38 15 12 11 40 35 19 6 9 4 18 17 19 9 3 7 22 18 5 57
8 Newroz SC 38 14 9 15 40 43 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 3 4 12 16 29 -3 51
9 Al Kahrabaa 38 13 11 14 36 37 19 8 5 6 21 17 19 5 6 8 15 20 -1 50
10 Zakho 38 11 15 12 35 33 18 5 8 5 16 13 20 6 7 7 19 20 2 48
11 Erbil 38 12 11 15 37 42 20 11 2 7 27 20 18 1 9 8 10 22 -5 47
12 Naft Al-Basra 38 11 13 14 38 40 19 6 8 5 17 16 19 5 5 9 21 24 -2 46
13 Naft Maysan 38 10 16 12 30 34 19 7 6 6 22 20 19 3 10 6 8 14 -4 46
14 Al Karkh 38 8 19 11 32 36 19 4 9 6 15 17 19 4 10 5 17 19 -4 43
15 Al Sinaah 38 8 17 13 30 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 3 10 6 17 24 -7 41
16 Al-Qasim 38 8 17 13 34 50 19 6 11 2 18 16 19 2 6 11 16 34 -16 41
17 Baghdad 39 9 13 17 32 41 20 4 10 6 15 16 19 5 3 11 17 25 -9 40
18 Al Diwaniya 38 10 9 19 33 51 19 7 6 6 24 20 19 3 3 13 9 31 -18 39
19 Al Minaa Basra 38 3 21 14 33 49 19 2 13 4 20 20 19 1 8 10 13 29 -16 30
20 Samaraa 38 1 9 28 20 70 19 1 5 13 13 32 19 0 4 15 7 38 -50 12

Table
  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 Talaba 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Al Zawra'a 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Al Hudod 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Al Karkh 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Al Kahrabaa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Naft Al-Wasat 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Al Shorta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Duhok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Erbil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Karbala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Naft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Naft Al-Basra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Naft Maysan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Newroz SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Al Diwaniya 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Zakho 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Al-Qasim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Al Najaf 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Al Sinaah 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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