Al Talaba manager looking for three points in Karbala showdown

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Fri 14.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava (2000 seats)

It's only round two of the Iraqi League for these teams. And fresh bodies and minds here at Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava as Al Talaba welcome Karbala. Get smart with this preview!

It's quite the trip for Karbala when visiting Talaba as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Al Talaba form and stats

In the previous season, Al Talaba's league results were 20 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, producing 3rd spot in the Iraqi League. In these 38 matches they scored {54 goals} and conceded 33. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Al Talaba managed 11-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {34 goals} and 17 conceded. Al Talaba have only played one Iraqi League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 19 matches.

The spoils were shared in Al Talaba's previous game, also at home. Visiting Karbala (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al-Qasim in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Talaba handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Talaba at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Karbala form and stats

Let's have a look at how Karbala performed last season in the Iraqi League: They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 7 draws and 32 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded {94 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 17 with 12/49 goals scored/conceded.

Karbala has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Talaba for a 0-0 draw.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Erbil.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Al Talaba won five, Karbala were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

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Total First Half Second Half
Al Talaba Karbala
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 2 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
50% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
4.5 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 1 1
1.5 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 6
0.5 0.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Al Talaba Last season Karbala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
20 11   Won W   5 7
9 6   Drew D   1 6
9 2   Lost L   13 25
54 34   Scored S   11 26
33 17   Conceded C   37 76
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
58% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 63%
47% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
26% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 34%
5% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
45% 53%   BTTS BTTS   32% 42%
39% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 21%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
4 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
4.7 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.8 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
3.2 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
50% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
9 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
2.8 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  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 Hudod 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Duhok 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Naft Maysan 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Al Talaba 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Al Zawra'a 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Karbala 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Al Karkh 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Naft Al-Janoob 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Naft Al-Wasat 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Al Shorta 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Al Kahrabaa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Erbil 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Newroz SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Zakho 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Al-Qasim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Naft 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Al Diwaniya 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Al Najaf 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Al Sinaah 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 38 28 7 3 64 21 19 14 3 2 32 11 19 14 4 1 32 10 43 91
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 39 20 11 8 50 31 19 15 2 2 32 13 20 5 9 6 18 18 19 71
3 Al Talaba 38 20 9 9 54 33 19 11 6 2 34 17 19 9 3 7 20 16 21 69
4 Naft 38 16 16 6 38 20 19 8 8 3 21 10 19 8 8 3 17 10 18 64
5 Naft Al-Wasat 38 17 13 8 50 36 19 10 5 4 27 15 19 7 8 4 23 21 14 64
6 Al Zawra'a 38 15 16 7 40 27 19 11 4 4 26 14 19 4 12 3 14 13 13 61
7 Al Najaf 38 15 12 11 40 35 19 6 9 4 18 17 19 9 3 7 22 18 5 57
8 Newroz SC 38 14 9 15 40 43 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 3 4 12 16 29 -3 51
9 Al Kahrabaa 38 13 11 14 36 37 19 8 5 6 21 17 19 5 6 8 15 20 -1 50
10 Zakho 38 11 15 12 35 33 18 5 8 5 16 13 20 6 7 7 19 20 2 48
11 Erbil 38 12 11 15 37 42 20 11 2 7 27 20 18 1 9 8 10 22 -5 47
12 Naft Al-Janoob 38 11 13 14 38 40 19 6 8 5 17 16 19 5 5 9 21 24 -2 46
13 Naft Maysan 38 10 16 12 30 34 19 7 6 6 22 20 19 3 10 6 8 14 -4 46
14 Al Karkh 38 8 19 11 32 36 19 4 9 6 15 17 19 4 10 5 17 19 -4 43
15 Al Sinaah 38 8 17 13 30 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 3 10 6 17 24 -7 41
16 Al-Qasim 38 8 17 13 34 50 19 6 11 2 18 16 19 2 6 11 16 34 -16 41
17 Baghdad 39 9 13 17 32 41 20 4 10 6 15 16 19 5 3 11 17 25 -9 40
18 Al Diwaniya 38 10 9 19 33 51 19 7 6 6 24 20 19 3 3 13 9 31 -18 39
19 Al Minaa Basra 38 3 21 14 33 49 19 2 13 4 20 20 19 1 8 10 13 29 -16 30
20 Samaraa 38 1 9 28 20 70 19 1 5 13 13 32 19 0 4 15 7 38 -50 12
Last season 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 74 44 24 6 133 47 37 30 5 2 80 12 37 14 19 4 53 35 86 127
2 Al Zawra'a 50 34 15 1 89 28 27 18 8 1 45 12 23 16 7 0 44 16 61 117
3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 50 33 10 7 88 30 25 19 4 2 50 14 25 14 6 5 38 16 58 109
4 Naft 48 27 18 3 69 29 23 17 6 0 42 17 25 10 12 3 27 12 40 99
5 Al Shorta 38 24 11 3 69 24 19 16 2 1 41 6 19 8 9 2 28 18 45 83
6 Al Karkh 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Al Kahrabaa 51 22 15 14 56 42 25 11 9 5 30 23 26 11 6 9 26 19 14 81
7 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 72 20 21 31 85 94 36 12 12 12 46 44 36 8 9 19 39 50 -9 81
8 Al Najaf 52 17 22 13 70 62 28 11 12 5 40 26 24 6 10 8 30 36 8 73
9 Naft Al-Janoob 48 18 15 15 48 49 26 15 7 4 30 20 22 3 8 11 18 29 -1 69
10 Naft Al-Wasat 51 14 26 11 60 54 23 10 10 3 33 21 28 4 16 8 27 33 6 68
11 Baghdad 46 18 10 18 38 48 23 9 4 10 17 25 23 9 6 8 21 23 -10 64
12 Al Hussein 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Al Talaba 50 16 10 24 57 83 26 11 5 10 34 46 24 5 5 14 23 37 -26 58
13 Naft Maysan 46 14 13 19 54 48 22 12 6 4 41 19 24 2 7 15 13 29 6 55
14 Al Hussein 79 10 25 44 50 123 41 8 16 17 37 50 38 2 9 27 13 73 -73 55
15 Al Simawa 47 11 18 18 56 69 23 10 11 2 34 22 24 1 7 16 22 47 -13 51
16 Al Minaa Basra 47 9 21 17 38 61 23 5 13 5 19 18 24 4 8 12 19 43 -23 48
17 Al Hudod 46 12 10 24 45 60 22 9 6 7 24 18 24 3 4 17 21 42 -15 46
18 Al Bahri 45 8 18 19 48 69 23 6 10 7 28 29 22 2 8 12 20 40 -21 42
19 Al Diwaniya 47 9 10 28 37 71 23 9 5 9 28 25 24 0 5 19 9 46 -34 37
20 Karbala 47 8 7 32 27 94 22 2 5 15 15 45 25 6 2 17 12 49 -67 31
21 Zakho 45 5 15 25 32 63 23 5 11 7 20 24 22 0 4 18 12 39 -31 27
22 Erbil 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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 Hudod 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Duhok 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Naft Maysan 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Al Talaba 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Al Zawra'a 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Karbala 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Al Karkh 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Naft Al-Janoob 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Naft Al-Wasat 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Al Shorta 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Al Kahrabaa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Erbil 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Newroz SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Zakho 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Al-Qasim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Naft 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Al Diwaniya 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Al Najaf 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Al Sinaah 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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