Iraqi League: Naft Al-Janoob welcome Al Kahrabaa in what could be an engaging football match. Here's a thorough preview!
- All of Naft Al-Janoob's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Al Kahrabaa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al-Janoob's stadium has a sand pitch surface. Al Kahrabaa have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Kahrabaa when playing on sand pitch; 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from one match. They have scored 1 goal in these games and conceded 1.
Naft Al-Janoob form and stats
Naft Al-Janoob must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Iraqi League games here.
No payout for Naft Al-Janoob in their previous match, an away game at Al Talaba that ended in defeat 2-3.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Diwaniya in a game that was won 2-1.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Al-Janoob's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Kahrabaa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There were no winners in Kahrabaa's previous match, a Iraqi League home game that ended 0-0 vs Erbil (placed 14th).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Al Zawra'a's place.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Kahrabaa have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Kahrabaa have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Naft Al-Janoob victory, six draws and three Al Kahrabaa wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Naft Al-Janoob missing players
Al Kahrabaa missing players
| Naft Al-Janoob | Al Kahrabaa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8 | 6.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 83% | 78% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
- Al Kahrabaa have created more than twice as many corners as Naft Al-Janoob.
- Al Kahrabaa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- All of Naft Al-Janoob's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Naft Al-Janoob 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Janoob | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Zakho | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Al Sinaah | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Naft | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Al Najaf | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Erbil | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 1 |