Match preview: Al Quwa Al Jawiya favourite to beat Karbala at Al-Shaab Stadium

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Wed 19.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shaab Stadium (40000 seats)

Here's another appealing game in the Iraqi League. Al Quwa Al Jawiya is in the 2nd position after featuring in two games. They host Karbala who are placed 11th after two games.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats

The hosts won their first Iraqi League game here at Al-Shaab Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Quwa Al Jawiya last season were 15 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 19 games.

A strong away win for Al Quwa Al Jawiya against Al-Qasim the last match.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Al Najaf.

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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Karbala form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Iraqi League ended in defeat. Last season Karbala had these away match statistics: Played 25; won 6, drew 2 and lost 17.

Karbala lost away at Al Talaba (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Before that, Karbala secured a home win against Erbil with the score 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Karbala has managed {0 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The 6 most recent meetings featuring these sides have all ended as Al Quwa Al Jawiya wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Al Quwa Al Jawiya missing players

Karbala missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Quwa Al Jawiya Karbala
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
4 2 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 1
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 7
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 1 1 1
9 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
22% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 17 17
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1 1
Al Quwa Al Jawiya Last season Karbala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   19 38
20 15   Won W   5 7
11 2   Drew D   1 6
8 2   Lost L   13 25
50 32   Scored S   11 26
31 13   Conceded C   37 76
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
69% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 63%
38% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
8% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 34%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
46% 47%   BTTS BTTS   32% 42%
38% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 21%
26% 11%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
5.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
2.6 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
3.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
7.5 7.3   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
2.3 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  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 Hudod 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Al Talaba 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
4 Al Shorta 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Duhok 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Naft Al-Janoob 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Al Kahrabaa 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Naft Maysan 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Al Karkh 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
10 Al Zawra'a 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Karbala 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Zakho 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
13 Newroz SC 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Naft Al-Wasat 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
15 Al Najaf 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 2
16 Erbil 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Naft 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Al Diwaniya 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Al-Qasim 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
20 Al Sinaah 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 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-Janoob 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
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 74 44 24 6 133 47 37 30 5 2 80 12 37 14 19 4 53 35 86 127
2 Al Zawra'a 50 34 15 1 89 28 27 18 8 1 45 12 23 16 7 0 44 16 61 117
3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 50 33 10 7 88 30 25 19 4 2 50 14 25 14 6 5 38 16 58 109
4 Naft 48 27 18 3 69 29 23 17 6 0 42 17 25 10 12 3 27 12 40 99
5 Al Shorta 38 24 11 3 69 24 19 16 2 1 41 6 19 8 9 2 28 18 45 83
6 Al Karkh 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Al Kahrabaa 51 22 15 14 56 42 25 11 9 5 30 23 26 11 6 9 26 19 14 81
7 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 72 20 21 31 85 94 36 12 12 12 46 44 36 8 9 19 39 50 -9 81
8 Al Najaf 52 17 22 13 70 62 28 11 12 5 40 26 24 6 10 8 30 36 8 73
9 Naft Al-Janoob 48 18 15 15 48 49 26 15 7 4 30 20 22 3 8 11 18 29 -1 69
10 Naft Al-Wasat 51 14 26 11 60 54 23 10 10 3 33 21 28 4 16 8 27 33 6 68
11 Baghdad 46 18 10 18 38 48 23 9 4 10 17 25 23 9 6 8 21 23 -10 64
12 Al Hussein 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Al Talaba 50 16 10 24 57 83 26 11 5 10 34 46 24 5 5 14 23 37 -26 58
13 Naft Maysan 46 14 13 19 54 48 22 12 6 4 41 19 24 2 7 15 13 29 6 55
14 Al Hussein 79 10 25 44 50 123 41 8 16 17 37 50 38 2 9 27 13 73 -73 55
15 Al Simawa 47 11 18 18 56 69 23 10 11 2 34 22 24 1 7 16 22 47 -13 51
16 Al Minaa Basra 47 9 21 17 38 61 23 5 13 5 19 18 24 4 8 12 19 43 -23 48
17 Al Hudod 46 12 10 24 45 60 22 9 6 7 24 18 24 3 4 17 21 42 -15 46
18 Al Bahri 45 8 18 19 48 69 23 6 10 7 28 29 22 2 8 12 20 40 -21 42
19 Al Diwaniya 47 9 10 28 37 71 23 9 5 9 28 25 24 0 5 19 9 46 -34 37
20 Karbala 47 8 7 32 27 94 22 2 5 15 15 45 25 6 2 17 12 49 -67 31
21 Zakho 45 5 15 25 32 63 23 5 11 7 20 24 22 0 4 18 12 39 -31 27
22 Erbil 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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

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