A home victory is anticipated from this fixture if the league table is to be believed. The Al Talaba followers are hoping that the mismatch between 3rd and Al Sinaah's 15th place in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Sinaah have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Sinaah have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This promises to be an entertaining game with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Al Talaba form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 14 Iraqi League games here at Al-Shaab Stadium for Al Talaba. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Talaba to get some points in this home game.
Al Talaba are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Naft Al-Wasat (2-3).Al Talaba have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Shaab Stadium with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Talaba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Shaab Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.
Al Sinaah form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Sinaah's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Iraqi League. Al Sinaah only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 9 draws.
Al Sinaah are looking to quickly end their 323 minutes long goal drought in the Iraqi League. The Al Sinaah goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Al Sinaah's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Al Diwaniya (placed 18th).
A 0-0 draw at Al Najaf's stadium before that.The attacking power of Sinaah when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Al Sinaah have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Talaba and Al Sinaah have faced off previously this season: Al Sinaah - Al Talaba 0-1. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Talaba won five, Al Sinaah triumphed in one and we saw four draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Al Talaba missing players
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| Al Talaba | Al Sinaah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 41 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 26 |
| 93% | 93% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 80% |
| 53% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 53% | 47% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 37% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 37% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 23% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 46% | 55% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 50% | 44% |
| 8.8 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
- Al Sinaah have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Sinaah 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Sinaah have scored 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 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 39 | 79 |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 31 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 54 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 53 |
| 6 | Naft | 31 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Zakho | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Baghdad | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Newroz SC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Erbil | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 36 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 31 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 29 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | -27 | 25 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 31 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 20 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 31 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 50 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -33 | 11 |
