The Iraqi League overall standings tell a story about these teams up until now, with Al Shorta in front of Samaraa by 62 points. Get your full match preview:
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals (48) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (16) in Iraqi League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Shorta form and stats
Home games in the Iraqi League have been a walk in the park for Al Shorta so far, with 36 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Al Shorta are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 210 minutes.
A strong away win for Al Shorta against Al-Qasim the last match.
Before that, Shorta had a home game versus Al Sinaah which ended with a victory 1-0.A decent goal production from Al Shorta in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Shorta have only let in 6 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Samaraa form and stats
There's been little loot from Samaraa's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 14 away games in the Iraqi League. Samaraa only have 0 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Samaraa have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 17 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Naft game.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Samaraa Stadium. Samaraa suffered a 0-2 loss to Baghdad (placed 14th).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Minaa Basra that ended 1-1.Goals are few and far between in Samaraa's away league games. Only 5 goals from 14 travels. As opposed to that, Samaraa have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled previously this season: Samaraa - Shorta 0-3. Al Shorta-Samaraa H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Al Shorta three wins, Samaraa one win, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Shorta missing players
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| Al Shorta | Samaraa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 48 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 45 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 93% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 71% | 69% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 28% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 64% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 7% |
| 7% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 64% | 59% |
| 6.2 | 7.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 10.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 56% | 46% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- Al Shorta have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have scored more than double the goals of Samaraa.
- Al Shorta have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most clean sheets (18) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most points (36) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most points from losing position (16) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals (48) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+34) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Samaraa have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest points (4) away in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (16) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have yet to win a game away.
- Samaraa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 73 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 56 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 54 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Naft | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Zakho | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 9 | Erbil | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Newroz SC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 35 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 29 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 29 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -26 | 24 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 29 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 18 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 29 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | -29 | 11 |
