Erbil know they face a difficult excursion to Naft Maysan and their Amman International Stadium. This news article has all the facts you require ahead of the fixture.
- Naft Maysan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Naft Maysan form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Naft Maysan have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
An away draw last time out for Maysan, facing Al Kahrabaa in a game that ended 0-0.
2-2 away at Al Talaba before that.The Naft Maysan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Naft Maysan have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Erbil form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Erbil so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-7 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Erbil's previous match versus Samaraa (placed 20th), a 2-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al-Qasim.The attacking power of Erbil when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 20 goals have been conceded by Erbil in these games.
Head 2 Head
Erbil - Naft Maysan 2-0 was the score in these contenders' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the previous seven meetings): Naft Maysan won two games, one match ended with a tie and Erbil managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveNaft Maysan missing players
Erbil missing players
| Naft Maysan | Erbil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 35 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 25 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 34 |
| 33 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 74% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 75% | 83% |
| 57% | 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 62% | 60% |
| 23% | 29% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 40% |
| 9% | 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| 3% | 6% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 34% | 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 43% |
| 37% | 24% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 25% | 31% |
| 54% | 35% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 43% |
| 4.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 4.9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.8 | 8.2 |
| 2.1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 41% |
| 7.1 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Naft Maysan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Maysan have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 41 | 86 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 35 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 66 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 66 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 63 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 35 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 60 |
| 6 | Naft | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 58 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 53 |
| 8 | Newroz SC | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -1 | 48 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 47 |
| 10 | Zakho | 35 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 43 |
| 12 | Erbil | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -5 | 43 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 35 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 35 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 39 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 35 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -14 | 37 |
| 17 | Baghdad | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 36 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 31 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 36 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -18 | 26 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 36 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 64 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 35 | -44 | 12 |