Karbala are willing to overlook the league table before this fixture vs Al Karkh. Here's everything you must know pre-match!
- Karbala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Karkh have created more than twice as many corners as Karbala.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Karbala form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Karbala have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.
Happy days for Karbala in their previous game, a fixture away at Naft Al-Janoob (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Ahead of that match, Karbala lost 1-2 at home to Al Quwa Al Jawiya.Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 22 league matches, 17 have contained zero, one or two goals.
Karbala has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Karbala have conceded only 8 goals.
Al Karkh form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League.
Karkh go into this game after a win, the home game against Al-Qasim that ended 2-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Al Najaf.They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Al Karkh - Karbala 1-0 was the result in these sides' previous head to head fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Karbala two wins, three draws and Al Karkh five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Karbala missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Karbala | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 87% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 87% |
| 48% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 61% |
| 26% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 43% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 39% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 48% |
| 30% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 45% | 35% |
| 43% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 30% |
| 1.6 | 0.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 1.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.6 | 7.2 |
| 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 100% | 400% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 58% | 55% |
| 6.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4.5 | 7.3 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
- Al Karkh have created more than twice as many corners as Karbala.
- Karbala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Karbala 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 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Kahrabaa | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 44 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Duhok | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 8 | Al Karkh | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Al Najaf | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Al Hudod | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Newroz SC | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Erbil | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Karbala | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Zakho | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 16 | Naft Al-Wasat | 23 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | Naft | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 16 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | -33 | 6 |
