This league campaign has been strenuous for Al Sinaah up to now, while Naft have taken lots of points. Will the visitors get the points at Al Sina'a Stadium?
- Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Sinaah form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Al Sinaah have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 17 games.
The home team returns to Al Sina'a Stadium after drawing with Zakho (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.
In the match before that, Al Sinaah hosted Naft Al-Basra and drew the game 1-1.Sinaah have scored 12 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Sinaah have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Naft form and stats
7 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Naft playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Naft are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Naft goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 196 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
There were no winners in Naft's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Al Quwa Al Jawiya (placed 3rd).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Naft Al-Wasat.The visitors have scored 14 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Naft as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled before this season: Naft - Sinaah 1-1. Al Sinaah-Naft H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Sinaah four wins, Naft two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Sinaah missing players
Naft missing players
| Al Sinaah | Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 32 |
| 35 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 83% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 40% | 71% | 71% |
| 51% | 41% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 35% | 37% |
| 26% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 43% | 24% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 29% | 31% |
| 34% | 41% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 59% | 57% |
| 40% | 47% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 41% | 40% |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 8.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 34% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 47% | 40% |
| 9.9 | 9.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 9.6 | 8.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
- Naft have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 41 | 86 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 66 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 66 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 62 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 59 |
| 6 | Naft | 35 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 57 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 53 |
| 8 | Al Kahrabaa | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Newroz SC | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 45 |
| 10 | Zakho | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 44 |
| 11 | Erbil | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -5 | 43 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Basra | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 42 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 35 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 35 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 39 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 35 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -14 | 37 |
| 16 | Baghdad | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 36 |
| 17 | Al Sinaah | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 35 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 31 | -20 | 32 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 35 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -17 | 26 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 35 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 64 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 35 | -44 | 11 |