Sneaking up on the top clubs is at stake when these mid-table clubs do battle. Both are targeting to strenghten their league position, Naft Al-Basra in 10th and Erbil in 9th place.
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Iraqi League
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Erbil have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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!
Naft Al-Basra form and stats
Overall Iraqi League stats at home this season for Naft Al-Basra are 3-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Naft Al-Basra in their previous match, an away game at Al Kahrabaa that ended in defeat 1-2.
In the match before that, Al-Basra hosted Al Talaba and drew the game 0-0.Naft Al-Basra have scored 12 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot.
Erbil form and stats
Erbil have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Iraqi League, after 1-6-5 (12 played).
205 minutes! That's how long the Erbil goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Erbil are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Al Zawra'a (placed 5th).
Before that, Erbil secured a home win against Al Kahrabaa with the score 1-0.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Erbil's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 12 matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Erbil in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other before in this season, with the final score Erbil - Naft Al-Basra 1-2 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Naft Al-Basra victories, four draws and zero Erbil wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Naft Al-Basra missing players
Erbil missing players
| Naft Al-Basra | Erbil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 70% | 62% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 67% | 78% |
| 67% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 48% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 52% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 41% |
| 37% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 48% |
| 2.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 48% |
| 11.4 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 10.2 | 8.9 |
| 1.4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 2.4 |
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (22) 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 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 31 | 70 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 56 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 51 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 47 |
| 6 | Naft | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | Zakho | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 38 |
| 9 | Erbil | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | Naft Al-Basra | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Al Sinaah | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 28 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -9 | 30 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 28 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 27 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -27 | 21 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 28 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -18 | 17 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 28 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | -27 | 11 |
