Iraqi League: Duhok are ready for the visit of Karbala in what could be an engrossing football match. Here's all the news, stats and facts!
- Duhok have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Iraqi League
- Karbala have created more than twice as many corners as Duhok.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Duhok form and stats
The story so far in the Iraqi League for Duhok at their home stadium (Dohuk Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
An away draw last time out for Duhok, facing Al-Qasim in a game that ended 0-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Newroz SC.It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Duhok are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Duhok have conceded only 7 goals.
Karbala form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karbala so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Karbala are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Karbala play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Al Hudod (placed 13th). A stark raving crazy match with an abundance of goals last time out for Karbala, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this game be as gleeful?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Kahrabaa at their stadium, the result 1-0.The attacking power of Karbala when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Karbala in these games.
Head 2 Head
Duhok have not lost in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) facing Karbala.Karbala - Duhok 0-1 was the end result in these teams' previous head to head game, earlier this season.
Duhok missing players
Karbala missing players
| Duhok | Karbala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 24 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 80% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 86% |
| 56% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 31% | 50% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 23% | 29% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 40% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 39% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 36% |
| 32% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 54% | 39% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| 186% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 80% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 10.3 | 6.1 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 |
- Duhok have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Duhok have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Iraqi League
- Duhok have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Karbala have created more than twice as many corners as Duhok.
- Karbala have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 51 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 45 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | Duhok | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 41 |
| 7 | Al Kahrabaa | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 8 | Erbil | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Karbala | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Newroz SC | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Zakho | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Al Karkh | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 31 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | -6 | 29 |
| 16 | Naft Al-Wasat | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 28 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Naft | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -14 | 23 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 20 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 25 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -49 | 11 |