Karbala have had trouble getting points this league season. Could the team get some when Al Talaba come to visit Karbala Stadium?
- Karbala have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Iraqi League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Karbala nor Al Talaba as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Karbala form and stats
5-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Karbala so far this season.
Musa was the last player to score a league goal for Karbala and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Karbala haven't scored in 282 minutes.
The Karbala club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Karbala Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Al Talaba (placed 4th).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Erbil (after extra-time).Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 20 league matches, 17 have had two goals or less.
The Karbala fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Karbala have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Talaba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Al Talaba love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Talaba, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Karbala (placed 15th) last time out.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Al-Qasim (after extra-time).A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's latest 13 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Talaba have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. Al Talaba are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties meet this season, as the results database show this recent match: Al Talaba - Karbala 1-0. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Karbala, two draws and six wins for Al Talaba. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
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| Karbala | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 67% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 38% |
| 29% | 45% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 45% | 43% |
| 52% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 2.1 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 3.4 | 1.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 2.3 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.4 | 9.7 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 58% | 200% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 86% | 55% | 58% |
| 8.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.3 |
| 2.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
- Al Talaba have created more than twice as many corners as Karbala.
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Al Kahrabaa | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 37 |
| 6 | Duhok | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 31 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Al Hudod | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Newroz SC | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Zakho | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Erbil | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Karbala | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Naft Al-Wasat | 20 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Naft | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -27 | 6 |
