Naft have been better than Erbil so far, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the details you require before kickoff:
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Erbil could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Iraqi League game only four sleeps ago.
Naft form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Naft have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.
The Naft goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 290 minutes without conceding a goal in the Iraqi League.
It's back home for Naft, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Kahrabaa away with the result 1-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Talaba in a game that was won 1-0.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Naft here at Al Naft Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 15 games). Naft are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Naft Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 15 matches.
Erbil form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Erbil so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-5 (win-draw-lose).
Erbil failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Zakho (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-3.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Naft Al-Janoob that ended 1-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Erbil as they have only managed to score 7 times from 13 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Erbil in these games.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the squads met earlier this campaign; Erbil - Naft 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Naft victories, five draws and three Erbil wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Naft missing players
Erbil missing players
| Naft | Erbil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 28 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 30 |
| 69% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 69% | 79% |
| 34% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 54% | 52% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 38% |
| 14% | 13% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 17% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 34% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 38% |
| 55% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 41% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 62% | 45% |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 8.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 38% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.2 | 8.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 73 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 56 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 54 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Naft | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Zakho | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 9 | Erbil | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Newroz SC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 35 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 29 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 29 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -26 | 24 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 29 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 18 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 29 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | -29 | 11 |