Greeting visitors in their own stadium is comfortable and good for Naft Al-Wasat, but Al Talaba are fully motivated and qualified to win. Who will win?
- Naft Al-Wasat have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Iraqi League
Al Talaba have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Naft Al-Wasat and Al Talaba.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
3-9-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Naft Al-Wasat so far this season. When Naft Al-Wasat hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al Zawra'a, Duhok, Al Shorta, Al Kahrabaa and Al Quwa Al Jawiya), they have won 2 of 5 matches! The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Al-Wasat has four draws from their last four matches.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Al Talaba last time out and are looking for a win here.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Erbil that finished 0-0.It should be noted that a peek at the 11 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Naft Al-Wasat have scored {11 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Al-Wasat have conceded only 9 goals.
Al Talaba form and stats
The visitors are W6-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League. Visiting Al Talaba has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Naft Al-Wasat (placed 14th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Naft.The visiting Al Talaba have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. Talaba have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Naft Al-Wasat have won at least one point in the last 13 fixtures (5-8-0) against Al Talaba.This isn't the first time these two sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Al Talaba - Naft Al-Wasat 1-1.
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 36 |
| 19 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 59% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 45% | 47% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | 76% |
| 17% | 20% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 34% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 34% | 40% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | 48% |
| 52% | 53% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | 34% |
| 55% | 47% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 0.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 5.8 | 7.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 150% | 85% | 76% |
| 2.7 | 1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 6 | 6 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
- Al Talaba have created more than twice as many corners as Naft Al-Wasat.
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Al-Wasat have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 58 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Kahrabaa | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Duhok | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Karbala | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Erbil | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -9 | 39 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 38 |
| 12 | Newroz SC | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Wasat | 28 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 33 |
| 16 | Zakho | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Naft | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -24 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 33 | -43 | 8 |
