There is optimism in Al Talaba at this point, with their 4th place in the Iraqi League table and anticipating the visit of Al Karkh (who are in 9th).
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Iraqi League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Talaba and Al Karkh should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Talaba form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Iraqi League games here at Al-Zawraa Stadium for Al Talaba. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Al Talaba enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Naft Al-Janoob's place. The match ended 2-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Quwa Al Jawiya (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Talaba have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Low on goals? In this team's last 13 league games, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Al Talaba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Talaba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Zawraa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Al Karkh form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League.
Al Karkh are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Erbil (placed 17th).
Before that, Karkh travelled to Naft Al-Wasat and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Karkh playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Al Karkh wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visiting Al Karkh have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Talaba four wins, three draws and Al Karkh three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Al Talaba missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Al Talaba | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 12 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.5 | 9.1 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 60% | 67% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 40% | 43% |
| 7.1 | 5.3 | 2.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7 | 8.1 |
| 1.8 | 0.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
- Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Kahrabaa | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Duhok | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Shorta | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Hudod | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Karbala | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Zakho | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Erbil | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Naft | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -16 | 6 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -21 | 2 |
