This match involves two contenders dwelling in the cellar of the Iraqi League, Baghdad holding 15th spot and Samaraa in 20th. A nice chance for one of the participants to upgrade their situation.
- Baghdad have yet to win a game at home.
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Iraqi League
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Baghdad form and stats
0-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Baghdad so far this season. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points, but a victory now would be sweet for Baghdad.
Baghdad travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al-Qasim that ended 0-0.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Al Sinaah.Baghdad are traveling soon after this match as the Iraqi League match at Naft Maysan awaits in four days.
Baghdad aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Baghdad have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Samaraa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Samaraa are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Al Karkh fixture.
There were no winners in Samaraa's previous match, a Iraqi League home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Minaa Basra (placed 18th).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Karkh.After this away game Samaraa return home for a Iraqi League game against Al Shorta. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Samaraa have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Baghdad victories, zero draws and zero Samaraa wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Baghdad missing players
Samaraa missing players
| Baghdad | Samaraa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 5.8 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 5 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 7.5 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
- Baghdad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Baghdad have yet to win a game at home.
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Samaraa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have yet to win a game.
- Samaraa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Basra | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Zakho | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Sinaah | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Naft | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Erbil | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |