Delightful dogfight as daring Al Zawra'a duel with determined Zakho

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Wed 19.October
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Zawraa Stadium (20000 seats)

Zakho have come here for an engaging battle against the home side Al Zawra'a. Read up on the match with this thorough Iraqi League preview!

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 Zawra'a form and stats

The hosts won their first Iraqi League game here at Al-Zawraa Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Zawra'a last season were 11 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 19 games.

Zawra'a's last game was hosting Zakho (placed 12th) and winning 1-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Al Shorta.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Zawra'a have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

At Al-Zawraa Stadium, Al Zawra'a has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Zakho form and stats

Zakho have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Iraqi League were 6 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 20 fixtures.

Zakho are travelling again after losing away to Al Zawra'a in their previous match (0-1).

Before that, Zakho secured a home win against Al Sinaah with the score 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Zakho has managed {0 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zawra'a six wins, three draws and Zakho one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Al Zawra'a missing players

Zakho missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Zawra'a Zakho
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 1 2 3
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
4 3 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 1 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 67%
 
3.5 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 1 1
1.5 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4 4
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 4 4
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 0.5 0.5
30% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9 9
2.5 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 1.5 1.5
Al Zawra'a Last season Zakho
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   20 38
15 11   Won W   6 11
16 4   Drew D   7 15
7 4   Lost L   7 12
40 26   Scored S   19 35
27 14   Conceded C   20 33
76% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 79%
58% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 55%
34% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 32%
8% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 11%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
39% 53%   BTTS BTTS   40% 39%
50% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 39%
34% 16%   Failed to Score F T   35% 42%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2 2
3.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.9
1.4 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
10.8 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 7.6
3.2 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.9
43% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 19%
 
6.7 6.1   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 8.4
1.9 1.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.7

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

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

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