Al Sinaah have some lost ground to recover from their 19th place, and the job starts against Al Karkh. Read more!
- Al Sinaah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Iraqi League
- Al Karkh have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Al Sinaah have had a bad season and will be relegated from Iraqi League. Al Karkh is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and significance.
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Sinaah form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Iraqi League this season. Al Sinaah have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from their games here at Al Sina'a Stadium. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sinaah with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Naft Al-Wasat game, 27 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Hussein was the last player to score a league goal for Al Sinaah and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Sinaah haven't scored in 207 minutes.
Sinaah lost their last game at Naft Al-Basra (placed 14th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the home loss against Al Quwa Al Jawiya with the scoreline 0-2.Al Sinaah aren't scoring a lot here at Al Sina'a Stadium in the league, with only {13 goals} from 18 games. 22 goals have been conceded.
Al Karkh form and stats
5-5-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Karkh in their Iraqi League matches away. Al Karkh has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Karkh, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Al Zawra'a.
Before that, Al Karkh secured a home win against Naft Al-Basra with the score 1-0.Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Karkh as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Al Karkh as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest past history between these participants is the Al Karkh - Al Sinaah 2-1 played previously this season. Stats for the prior nine meetings featuring these two teams are: six wins for Al Sinaah, two draws and one win for Al Karkh. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Al Sinaah missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Al Sinaah | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 37 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 39 |
| 53 | 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 86% | 83% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 81% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 41% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 41% |
| 16% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 11% | 16% |
| 5% | 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| 30% | 28% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 33% | 46% |
| 24% | 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 41% |
| 59% | 61% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 3.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 4.3 | 6.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| 31% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 57% | 50% |
| 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 4.7 | 6.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
- Al Karkh have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Sinaah have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Sinaah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Iraqi League
- Al Sinaah have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Shorta | 37 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 38 | 79 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 35 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 37 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 67 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 63 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 62 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 56 |
| 7 | Erbil | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 55 |
| 8 | Karbala | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 53 |
| 9 | Newroz SC | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 51 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 50 |
| 11 | Al Hudod | 37 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 49 |
| 12 | Duhok | 37 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 49 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 48 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Basra | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -6 | 42 |
| 15 | Zakho | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 24 | -3 | 41 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 40 |
| 17 | Naft | 37 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -12 | 37 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Wasat | 37 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 36 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 37 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 31 | -28 | 27 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 37 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 85 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 44 | -60 | 12 |