Home team gets the points, the away team claims the win or an exciting draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table inhabitants Naft Al-Basra and Al Najaf battle at Al Faihaa Stadium.
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Iraqi League
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!
Naft Al-Basra form and stats
Naft Al-Basra have collected 15 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 3-6-2.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 263 minutes without scoring a league goal. Farhan was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Hussain led his Naft Al-Basra to a defeat away at Al Shorta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al Faihaa Stadium.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Baghdad (0-2).Al-Basra are traveling soon after this match as the Iraqi League match at Al Diwaniya awaits in three days.
Naft Al-Basra have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Al-Basra have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Najaf form and stats
Playing away, Al Najaf have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Iraqi League this season.
Al Najaf are looking to quickly end their 252 minutes long goal drought in the Iraqi League.
Najaf's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Erbil that finished 0-0.
A 0-2 defeat away at Al Kahrabaa before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Al Najaf are hosting Zakho in the Iraqi League only three days away.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head encounter ended Al Najaf - Al-Basra 0-4, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Naft Al-Basra wins - draws - Al Najaf wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Naft Al-Basra missing players
Al Najaf missing players
| Naft Al-Basra | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 26 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 70% | 64% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 87% |
| 65% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 39% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 50% | 52% |
| 39% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | 43% |
| 2.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 11.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
- Al Najaf have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Basra 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 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 63 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 44 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Naft | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Zakho | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Basra | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Erbil | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Al Sinaah | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Newroz SC | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 23 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 23 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -22 | 17 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | -23 | 10 |
