Baghdad vs Naft Maysan: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Wed 04.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)

Stadium regulars haven’t watched many wins this season, with Baghdad withering away in the 14th spot. The guesting Naft Maysan will try to shield their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Naft Maysan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Baghdad and Naft Maysan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Baghdad form and stats

When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Baghdad have managed 3 wins, 7 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

Baghdad are confident in defense, having played 233 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Baghdad in their previous game, a fixture away at Samaraa (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Ahead of that match, Baghdad won a home game hosting Al-Qasim (3-0).

Baghdad have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Baghdad have conceded only 13 goals.

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Naft Maysan form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Naft Maysan so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-5 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Maysan's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Minaa Basra (placed 19th).

A 0-1 defeat away at Al Karkh before that.

Naft Maysan are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 14 away games. It's not easy to score on Naft Maysan as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Naft Maysan - Baghdad 0-1 was the result in these contenders' latest H2H match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Baghdad victories, four draws and three Naft Maysan wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Baghdad missing players

Naft Maysan missing players

Baghdad Naft Maysan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 6 14 29
8 3 1 Won W 2 2 8
9 7 3 Drew D 2 7 11
11 4 1 Lost L 2 5 10
26 13 3 Scored S 5 5 22
28 13 4 Conceded C 5 11 27
89% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 57% 76%
68% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 59%
29% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 24%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
43% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 21% 34%
32% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 38%
36% 36% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 71% 52%
 
3.6 4.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.2
5 5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5.8
2.2 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 0.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 9.3 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.8 8.8
3.1 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.8 1.8
39% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 14% 14%
 
9.9 10.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.2 9.2
3.9 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Baghdad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Naft Maysan have scored away.
  • Naft Maysan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they 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 28 23 4 1 48 14 14 11 3 0 22 6 14 12 1 1 26 8 34 73
2 Al Talaba 29 17 5 7 40 22 14 9 3 2 24 11 15 8 2 5 16 11 18 56
3 Naft Al-Wasat 29 15 9 5 43 27 14 9 3 2 24 10 15 6 6 3 19 17 16 54
4 Al Zawra'a 29 13 11 5 31 18 14 9 2 3 19 9 15 4 9 2 12 9 13 50
5 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 26 14 6 6 35 20 13 10 2 1 22 7 13 4 4 5 13 13 15 48
6 Naft 29 11 13 5 25 17 15 6 6 3 14 8 14 5 7 2 11 9 8 46
7 Al Najaf 28 11 9 8 27 23 14 4 6 4 12 13 14 7 3 4 15 10 4 42
8 Zakho 29 9 13 7 27 21 13 3 6 4 9 9 16 6 7 3 18 12 6 40
9 Erbil 29 9 9 11 28 30 16 8 2 6 21 15 13 1 7 5 7 15 -2 36
10 Al Kahrabaa 29 9 9 11 25 27 15 6 4 5 15 13 14 3 5 6 10 14 -2 36
11 Naft Al-Janoob 29 8 11 10 32 34 14 3 8 3 13 14 15 5 3 7 19 20 -2 35
12 Newroz SC 29 9 8 12 30 35 15 7 5 3 18 13 14 2 3 9 12 22 -5 35
13 Naft Maysan 29 8 11 10 22 27 15 6 4 5 17 16 14 2 7 5 5 11 -5 35
14 Baghdad 28 8 9 11 26 28 14 3 7 4 13 13 14 5 2 7 13 15 -2 33
15 Al Sinaah 29 7 12 10 22 26 14 5 3 6 11 10 15 2 9 4 11 16 -4 33
16 Al-Qasim 29 5 15 9 25 37 14 4 9 1 12 11 15 1 6 8 13 26 -12 30
17 Al Karkh 29 4 15 10 24 31 15 1 8 6 11 16 14 3 7 4 13 15 -7 27
18 Al Diwaniya 29 6 6 17 21 47 15 4 5 6 14 19 14 2 1 11 7 28 -26 24
19 Al Minaa Basra 29 1 15 13 23 41 14 1 9 4 14 16 15 0 6 9 9 25 -18 18
20 Samaraa 29 1 8 20 16 45 15 1 4 10 11 25 14 0 4 10 5 20 -29 11