Al Shorta and Zakho regulars look forward to Iraqi League contest at Al-Shaab Stadium

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Sun 25.December
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shaab Stadium (40000 seats)

Al Shorta - Zakho. 6th position meets 17th position. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!

Insights:
  • Al Shorta have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zakho have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Iraqi League

Both squads have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active fixture!

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Al Shorta form and stats

Al Shorta are steadily winning Iraqi League games and points here at Al-Shaab Stadium. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

A nice win for Al Shorta last time playing, versus Al Sinaah. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Al Shorta played a great game against Al Sinaah and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Karkh with a 3-2 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Al Shorta in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Shorta have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zakho form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League. The last three matches for Zakho have all ended in a draw.

Zakho delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Duhok (placed 11th) in their previous game.

Before that, Zakho travelled to Al Hudod and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's last 11 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zakho's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Shorta have won or drawn the last 9 matches (7-2-0) facing Zakho.

Al Shorta missing players

Zakho missing players

Al Shorta Zakho
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 11
5 3 2 Won W 0 0 1
4 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
17 11 5 Scored S 1 2 5
11 5 0 Conceded C 3 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 73%
73% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 45%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 18%
27% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 36%
18% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 64%
 
6 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 1.6 1.6
3.2 3.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 5
1.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.6 3.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.8 8.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.8 7.8
2.7 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2 2
58% 43% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 20%
 
4.9 5.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 9.2 9.2
2.2 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 2.8 2.8
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Shorta have created more than twice as many corners as Zakho.
  • Al Shorta have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Shorta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Shorta have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Shorta have scored more than double the goals of Zakho.
  • Al Shorta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zakho have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Zakho have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Zakho have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zakho have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Iraqi League
  • Zakho 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 Zawra'a 11 8 1 2 16 8 6 5 1 0 9 3 5 3 0 2 7 5 8 25
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 11 6 5 0 14 2 5 3 2 0 4 0 6 3 3 0 10 2 12 23
3 Al Najaf 11 7 2 2 17 11 6 5 1 0 14 6 5 2 1 2 3 5 6 23
4 Al Kahrabaa 11 7 2 2 15 9 6 3 2 1 7 5 5 4 0 1 8 4 6 23
5 Al Talaba 11 6 3 2 16 9 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 7 21
6 Al Shorta 11 5 4 2 17 11 6 3 3 0 11 5 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 19
7 Al Hudod 11 4 6 1 10 7 6 2 4 0 5 2 5 2 2 1 5 5 3 18
8 Naft Maysan 11 5 3 3 11 14 5 3 1 1 5 6 6 2 2 2 6 8 -3 18
9 Al Karkh 11 5 2 4 13 9 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 3 1 2 8 4 4 17
10 Naft Al-Basra 11 3 6 2 10 9 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 4 0 4 3 1 15
11 Duhok 11 3 6 2 9 9 5 1 3 1 2 3 6 2 3 1 7 6 0 15
12 Naft Al-Wasat 11 1 9 1 8 7 5 1 4 0 3 1 6 0 5 1 5 6 1 12
13 Al-Qasim 11 3 3 5 9 10 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 -1 12
14 Karbala 11 3 3 5 8 9 5 3 2 0 6 2 6 0 1 5 2 7 -1 12
15 Erbil 11 3 3 5 7 9 6 2 1 3 4 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 -2 12
16 Newroz SC 11 4 0 7 12 17 5 2 0 3 7 10 6 2 0 4 5 7 -5 12
17 Zakho 11 1 5 5 5 10 6 1 3 2 3 5 5 0 2 3 2 5 -5 8
18 Naft 11 0 5 6 11 18 5 0 2 3 7 10 6 0 3 3 4 8 -7 5
19 Al Diwaniya 11 0 2 9 4 18 6 0 1 5 2 11 5 0 1 4 2 7 -14 2
20 Al Sinaah 11 0 2 9 2 18 5 0 1 4 1 7 6 0 1 5 1 11 -16 2