Baghdad hope to fill the stadium for this fixture even though the season has been hard up to now with 19 points and a 16th place in the Iraqi League table. Opponents Erbil are in 10th place with 24 pts.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Baghdad form and stats
2-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Baghdad so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Baghdad with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Al Zawra'a game, 50 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Baghdad are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Al Kahrabaa.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Talaba (0-1).Baghdad aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games.
Erbil form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Erbil so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Erbil goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 187 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Al Minaa Basra in their previous game.
A 0-0 draw at Al Karkh's stadium before that.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Erbil have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Baghdad and Erbil have faced off previously this season: Erbil - Baghdad 1-2. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Baghdad won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Erbil have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixBaghdad missing players
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| Baghdad | Erbil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 23 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 85% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 65% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 55% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 45% |
| 10% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 4 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.5 | 7.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 29% | 31% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 11.2 | 11.1 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Erbil have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 39 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Zakho | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Naft | 21 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Erbil | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Al Sinaah | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Al-Qasim | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Baghdad | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 21 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 5 |
