Sneaking up on the top clubs is the task when these mid-table clubs do battle. Both are aiming to better their league table position, Duhok in 11th and Al Hudod in 13th position.
- Duhok have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Hudod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Duhok are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Al Hudod most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
This could be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Duhok form and stats
7 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Duhok have to build on here at Dohuk Stadium in the Iraqi League. Duhok are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
Duhok drew their last game, 1-1 away at Naft Maysan (placed 12th).
Before that, Duhok drew at home versus Al Kahrabaa.Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 36 league games, 27 have seen zero, one or two goals.
Duhok has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. From these home matches, Duhok have conceded only 17 goals.
Al Hudod form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Al Hudod have produced an overall stat of 4-9-4 so far.
Al Hudod might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Zawra'a proved too strong as Al Hudod slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Al Taji Stadium.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Naft Maysan.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hudod as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other before in this season, with the final score Al Hudod - Duhok 1-1 logged in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Duhok victories, one draw and one Al Hudod win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Duhok missing players
Al Hudod missing players
| Duhok | Al Hudod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 83% | 83% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 64% | 72% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 53% | 58% |
| 25% | 28% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 41% | 33% |
| 14% | 17% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 25% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | 50% |
| 36% | 39% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 35% | 36% |
| 36% | 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 39% |
| 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2.3 | 0.2 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 200% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 47% | 52% |
| 3.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 1 | 0.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
- Al Hudod have created more than twice as many corners as Duhok.
- Al Hudod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Duhok have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Duhok have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 35 | 76 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 34 | 72 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 64 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 60 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 59 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
| 7 | Karbala | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 52 |
| 8 | Erbil | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 52 |
| 9 | Newroz SC | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 51 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 50 |
| 11 | Duhok | 36 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 49 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | -10 | 48 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 36 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 46 |
| 14 | Zakho | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 22 | -2 | 41 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -7 | 39 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 29 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 37 |
| 17 | Naft Al-Wasat | 36 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 36 |
| 18 | Naft | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -12 | 36 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 52 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 30 | -27 | 27 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 36 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 39 | -55 | 12 |