Naft are unlocking their away locker room to Karbala for yet another key match after their 0-1 result versus 16th-placed Al-Qasim.
- Naft have yet to win a game at home.
- Karbala have yet to win a game away.
This could be an engaging match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Naft form and stats
Naft's struggle is real here at Al-Shaab Stadium with only 4 points collected from 7 Iraqi League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-3. With seven home Iraqi League games in a row without a win, the Naft fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
In their previous game, led his Naft to a defeat away at Al-Qasim. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al-Shaab Stadium.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Al Najaf.Naft are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Naft defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Karbala form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karbala so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Karbala had fun at their own home (Al-Shaab Stadium) last time out, beating Al Diwaniya 3-1.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Shorta wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Low on goals? 13 of this side's latest 16 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Goals are few and far between in Karbala's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 8 travels. Karbala have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Naft have put together a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without losing (6-3-0) when playing Karbala.Naft missing players
Karbala missing players
| Naft | Karbala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 88% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 47% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 24% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 6% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 59% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 18% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 35% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.5 | 6.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| 42% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 117% |
| 7.3 | 6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.7 | 9.1 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
- Karbala have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Karbala have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Karbala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karbala have yet to win a game away.
- Naft have created more than twice as many corners as Karbala.
- Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft have yet to win a game 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Duhok | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Basra | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Hudod | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Zakho | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Karbala | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Wasat | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Erbil | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Naft | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 9 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 6 |
