Al Naft Stadium: Naft vs Al-Qasim Iraqi League pre-match guide

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Wed 22.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Naft Stadium

Naft are hunting the top league positions while Al-Qasim are more worried about escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Naft have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Iraqi League
  • Al-Qasim have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Iraqi League

Naft can neither be promoted or relegated from Iraqi League. Al-Qasim are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

This should be an exciting match with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Naft form and stats

When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Naft have managed 7 wins, 8 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Razaq was the last player to score a league goal for Naft and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Naft haven't scored in 242 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for Naft, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 286 minutes in the Iraqi League.

Naft travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al Sinaah that ended 0-0.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya that ended 0-0.

Naft have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al-Qasim form and stats

There's been little loot from Al-Qasim's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 18 away games in the Iraqi League. Al-Qasim only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 6 draws.

Al-Qasim go into this game after a win, the home game against Zakho that ended 2-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Naft Al-Janoob at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Qasim as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. As for defending, Al-Qasim rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other before this match year: Al-Qasim - Naft 0-0. Stats for the previous four meetings between these two sides are: one win for Naft, two draws and one win for Al-Qasim. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Naft missing players

Al-Qasim missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Naft Al-Qasim
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
14 7 4 Won W 0 2 8
16 8 2 Drew D 2 6 16
6 3 0 Lost L 3 10 12
32 18 8 Scored S 2 16 33
20 10 2 Conceded C 9 31 46
69% 72% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 83%
36% 39% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 61%
22% 22% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 42%
14% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 22%
3% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 11%
31% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 53%
58% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 31%
42% 39% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 33% 33%
 
2.7 2.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 7.2 6.4
4.4 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4
2 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7.9 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.5 6.6
2.9 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.2
38% 37% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 18%
 
8.4 7.9 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.5 8.8
2.4 2.2 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.2
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al-Qasim have created more than twice as many corners as Naft.
  • Al-Qasim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Qasim have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Iraqi League
  • Naft have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Iraqi League

  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 28 5 3 63 20 19 14 3 2 32 11 17 14 2 1 31 9 43 89
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 37 20 9 8 48 29 19 15 2 2 32 13 18 5 7 6 16 16 19 69
3 Al Talaba 36 20 7 9 51 30 18 11 5 2 32 15 18 9 2 7 19 15 21 67
4 Naft Al-Wasat 36 17 12 7 48 33 18 10 5 3 26 13 18 7 7 4 22 20 15 63
5 Al Zawra'a 36 15 15 6 38 24 17 11 3 3 24 11 19 4 12 3 14 13 14 60
6 Naft 36 14 16 6 32 20 18 7 8 3 18 10 18 7 8 3 14 10 12 58
7 Al Najaf 36 14 11 11 38 34 18 6 8 4 18 17 18 8 3 7 20 17 4 53
8 Al Kahrabaa 36 13 11 12 35 33 19 8 5 6 21 17 17 5 6 6 14 16 2 50
9 Newroz SC 36 13 9 14 39 41 18 10 5 3 23 14 18 3 4 11 16 27 -2 48
10 Zakho 36 10 15 11 32 30 17 4 8 5 13 13 19 6 7 6 19 17 2 45
11 Erbil 36 11 11 14 35 40 19 10 2 7 25 19 17 1 9 7 10 21 -5 44
12 Naft Al-Janoob 36 10 13 13 36 39 17 5 8 4 15 15 19 5 5 9 21 24 -3 43
13 Al Karkh 36 7 19 10 30 34 18 3 9 6 14 17 18 4 10 4 16 17 -4 40
14 Naft Maysan 36 8 16 12 26 34 18 6 6 6 19 20 18 2 10 6 7 14 -8 40
15 Al-Qasim 36 8 16 12 33 46 18 6 10 2 17 15 18 2 6 10 16 31 -13 40
16 Baghdad 37 9 12 16 30 38 19 4 10 5 15 15 18 5 2 11 15 23 -8 39
17 Al Sinaah 36 7 16 13 27 35 18 5 6 7 12 12 18 2 10 6 15 23 -8 37
18 Al Diwaniya 36 9 8 19 31 50 18 7 5 6 23 19 18 2 3 13 8 31 -19 35
19 Al Minaa Basra 36 2 20 14 29 47 17 1 12 4 16 18 19 1 8 10 13 29 -18 26
20 Samaraa 36 1 9 26 20 64 18 1 5 12 13 29 18 0 4 14 7 35 -44 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 28 5 3 63 20 19 14 3 2 32 11 17 14 2 1 31 9 43 89
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 37 20 9 8 48 29 19 15 2 2 32 13 18 5 7 6 16 16 19 69
3 Al Talaba 36 20 7 9 51 30 18 11 5 2 32 15 18 9 2 7 19 15 21 67
4 Naft Al-Wasat 36 17 12 7 48 33 18 10 5 3 26 13 18 7 7 4 22 20 15 63
5 Al Zawra'a 36 15 15 6 38 24 17 11 3 3 24 11 19 4 12 3 14 13 14 60
6 Naft 36 14 16 6 32 20 18 7 8 3 18 10 18 7 8 3 14 10 12 58
7 Al Najaf 36 14 11 11 38 34 18 6 8 4 18 17 18 8 3 7 20 17 4 53
8 Al Kahrabaa 36 13 11 12 35 33 19 8 5 6 21 17 17 5 6 6 14 16 2 50
9 Newroz SC 36 13 9 14 39 41 18 10 5 3 23 14 18 3 4 11 16 27 -2 48
10 Zakho 36 10 15 11 32 30 17 4 8 5 13 13 19 6 7 6 19 17 2 45
11 Erbil 36 11 11 14 35 40 19 10 2 7 25 19 17 1 9 7 10 21 -5 44
12 Naft Al-Janoob 36 10 13 13 36 39 17 5 8 4 15 15 19 5 5 9 21 24 -3 43
13 Al Karkh 36 7 19 10 30 34 18 3 9 6 14 17 18 4 10 4 16 17 -4 40
14 Naft Maysan 36 8 16 12 26 34 18 6 6 6 19 20 18 2 10 6 7 14 -8 40
15 Al-Qasim 36 8 16 12 33 46 18 6 10 2 17 15 18 2 6 10 16 31 -13 40
16 Baghdad 37 9 12 16 30 38 19 4 10 5 15 15 18 5 2 11 15 23 -8 39
17 Al Sinaah 36 7 16 13 27 35 18 5 6 7 12 12 18 2 10 6 15 23 -8 37
18 Al Diwaniya 36 9 8 19 31 50 18 7 5 6 23 19 18 2 3 13 8 31 -19 35
19 Al Minaa Basra 36 2 20 14 29 47 17 1 12 4 16 18 19 1 8 10 13 29 -18 26
20 Samaraa 36 1 9 26 20 64 18 1 5 12 13 29 18 0 4 14 7 35 -44 12

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