The Al Zawra'a & Al Quwa Al Jawiya head coaches Barcham and Azzawi are both worrying about and feeling excited about this important game in the top area of the Iraqi League positions.
- Al Zawra'a have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Al Zawra'a can neither be promoted or relegated from Iraqi League. Jawiya is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al-Shaab Stadium as Al Zawra'a have scored 24 goals to get 36 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Iraqi League are 11-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Zawra'a are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 229 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Fayyadh).
Zawra'a faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Shorta (0-2). Before that fixture this club had gone eight consecutive league games without a defeat.
Before that, Al Zawra'a played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Naft Al-Wasat.The Zawra'a fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 17 matches. Al Zawra'a 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 17 matches.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya go into this game after a win, the home game against Naft Al-Wasat that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Naft.The attacking power of Jawiya when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Al Quwa Al Jawiya as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Zawra'a and Al Quwa Al Jawiya have played each other earlier this season: Al Quwa Al Jawiya - Al Zawra'a 2-2. Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Al Zawra'a won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Al Quwa Al Jawiya got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenAl Zawra'a missing players
Al Quwa Al Jawiya missing players
| Al Zawra'a | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 15 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 38 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 48 |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 78% | 89% |
| 56% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 68% |
| 33% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 36% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 39% | 43% |
| 53% | 47% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 39% | 41% |
| 36% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 44% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 11.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 8 | 9 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 42% | 46% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 6.6 | 6 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 2.2 |
- Al Zawra'a have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Zawra'a have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 43 | 89 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 69 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 67 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 63 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 60 |
| 6 | Naft | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 58 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 53 |
| 8 | Al Kahrabaa | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 50 |
| 9 | Newroz SC | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 27 | -2 | 48 |
| 10 | Zakho | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 45 |
| 11 | Erbil | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 44 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Basra | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 43 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 36 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 40 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 40 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 33 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -13 | 40 |
| 16 | Baghdad | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 39 |
| 17 | Al Sinaah | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 37 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 31 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 36 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -18 | 26 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 36 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 64 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 35 | -44 | 12 |