Karbala and Naft club members can't wait for Iraqi League meeting at Karbala Stadium

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Karbala Stadium (9000 seats)

Most would pick Karbala in this fixture vs Naft, but the visitors will battle to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Karbala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Karbala are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Naft are struggling to avoid relegation.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Karbala form and stats

The story so far in the Iraqi League for Karbala at their home stadium (Karbala Stadium) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

It's back home for Karbala, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Diwaniya away with the result 3-1.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al Shorta.

Karbala are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. Karbala have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Naft form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Naft so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Naft goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 190 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Naft go into this game after a win, the home game against Al-Qasim that ended 2-0. That victory felt good as this side had gone four league matches without victory.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Najaf.

The attacking power of Naft when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. 24 goals have been conceded by Naft in these games.

Head 2 Head

Naft have won or drawn the last 10 fixtures (7-3-0) against Karbala.

Naft - Karbala 1-0 was the output when these two contenders last did battle, also in this season.

Karbala missing players

Naft missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Karbala Naft
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 17 36
14 9 3 Won W 1 4 8
10 6 3 Drew D 1 5 12
12 3 0 Lost L 4 8 16
38 22 6 Scored S 4 16 38
34 14 2 Conceded C 10 24 50
89% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
53% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 72%
31% 33% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 50%
19% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 8%
44% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 41% 50%
33% 39% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 24% 25%
33% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 36%
 
1.8 0.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.3 3.6
1.9 0.5 1.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.4 4.1
1 0.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
2.8 0.5 1.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 5.5 6.7
0.9 0.2 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 1.5 1.7
116% 700% 250% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 61% 58%
 
5 0.8 2.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 7 7.4
1.4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.3
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Karbala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Karbala have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Naft have created more than twice as many corners as Karbala.
  • Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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-Basra 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

Table
  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-Basra 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

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