Struggling Naft will hope to pull off a surprise win when they host high-flying Al Talaba in the next league fixture. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.
- Naft have the most conceded goals (15) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Iraqi League
It's quite the trip for Al Talaba when visiting Naft as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
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 form and stats
Naft have played three Iraqi League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
In their previous game, led his Naft to a defeat away at Erbil. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Amman International Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in three league rounds.
Before that, Naft drew at home versus Naft Al-Wasat.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Naft as they are travelling to their away game against Al Quwa Al Jawiya in the Iraqi League. That match is four days after this one.
The Naft fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Naft with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Iraqi League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Al Talaba go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Diwaniya that ended 2-1.
A 2-2 draw at Al Shorta's stadium before that.Al Talaba have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Talaba in these games.
Head 2 Head
Naft-Al Talaba H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Naft five wins, Al Talaba two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Naft missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Naft | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.3 | 10.3 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 50% | 67% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 77% |
| 8 | 4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 7.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
- Al Talaba have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Talaba's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Naft's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Naft have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Naft have the most conceded goals (15) in Iraqi League
- Naft have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Iraqi League
- Naft have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Iraqi League
- Naft have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Naft have yet to win a game.
- Naft haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Kahrabaa | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Hudod | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shorta | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Erbil | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Karbala | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Duhok | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Basra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Wasat | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Zakho | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Naft | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
