Al Talaba vs Al Karkh match preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Fri 17.June
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shaab Stadium (40000 seats)

2nd spot in the Iraqi League table for Al Talaba at present, a strong achievement. The match-going supporters pray for more entertainment as 13th-placed Al Karkh visit Al-Shaab Stadium.

Insights:
  • Al Talaba have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Iraqi League
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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.

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Al Talaba form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 17 Iraqi League games here at Al-Shaab Stadium for Al Talaba. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

In their previous game, led his Talaba to a defeat away at Newroz SC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al-Shaab Stadium.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Naft Maysan.

Al Talaba have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Shaab Stadium with 32 goals in 17 league matches. From these home matches, Al Talaba have conceded only 15 goals.

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Al Karkh form and stats

Playing away, Al Karkh have won 4 games, drawn 9 and suffered 4 defeats in the Iraqi League this season.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Al Diwaniya in their previous game.

A 1-1 draw at Al Najaf's stadium before that.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Al Karkh - Talaba 1-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Al Talaba victories, two draws and four Al Karkh wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Al Talaba missing players

Al Karkh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Talaba Al Karkh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
20 11 5 Won W 1 4 7
6 4 1 Drew D 2 9 18
9 2 0 Lost L 2 4 10
51 32 10 Scored S 5 16 30
30 15 5 Conceded C 6 17 34
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 65% 74%
57% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 53% 54%
49% 59% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 37%
26% 41% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 14%
6% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
43% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 51%
40% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 41% 34%
23% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 40%
 
3.9 4.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.8 4
4.7 4.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.6 4.6
1.7 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 8.9 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 9.8 9.4
3.5 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.6 3.5
48% 55% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 26%
 
8.8 8.2 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 9.4 8
3 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.1 2.7
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Talaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Talaba have the most scored goals (32) at home in Iraqi League
  • Al Talaba have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Iraqi League

  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

Table
  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

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