It's time for Naft Al-Wasat - Zakho! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this game should be immense!
- Naft Al-Wasat have not yet lost a game at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have created more than twice as many corners as Zakho.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
Naft Al-Wasat have played 6 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Naft Al-Wasat are returning here after visiting Al Sinaah and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Karkh that ended 0-0.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 14 league games, 11 have produced two goals or less.
Naft Al-Wasat have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Al-Wasat have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Zakho form and stats
There's been little loot from Zakho's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Iraqi League. Zakho only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Naft in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Diwaniya at their stadium, the result 5-1.Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 11 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
{7 goals} so far away for Zakho, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 7 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Zakho have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Naft Al-Wasat.Naft Al-Wasat missing players
Zakho missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Zakho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 3.7 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 13 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 3.7 | 7 | 12 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 27% | 14% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 8 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- Naft Al-Wasat have created more than twice as many corners as Zakho.
- Naft Al-Wasat have not yet lost a game at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zakho have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Kahrabaa | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Shorta | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Duhok | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Hudod | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Basra | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Karbala | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Zakho | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Erbil | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Naft | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -16 | 6 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -21 | 2 |
