This match features two sides residing in the lower parts of the Iraqi League, Naft holding 18th place and Newroz SC sitting at 14th. A decent opportunity for one of the sides to upgrade their situation.
- Naft have yet to win a game at home.
- Newroz SC have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Iraqi League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Naft form and stats
Naft's struggle is real here at Al-Shaab Stadium with only 3 points collected from 6 Iraqi League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-3.
Naft faced defeat in their previous match, away at Zakho (1-3).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Sinaah.Naft are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Naft have conceded 10 from these games.
Newroz SC form and stats
There's been little loot from Newroz SC's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Iraqi League. Newroz SC only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. When Newroz SC is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Al-Qasim, Al Sinaah, Zakho, Erbil, Newroz SC and Al Diwaniya is teams we like to compare Naft with. It's all red in the travel logs of Newroz SC, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Newroz SC are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Al Diwaniya (placed 20th).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Al Shorta.Take note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Newroz SC have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Naft wins - draws - Newroz SC wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Naft missing players
Newroz SC missing players
| Naft | Newroz SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 86% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 71% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 57% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 21% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 36% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 3.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.8 | 7.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| 8.2 | 6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| 3.1 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 2.3 |
- Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft have yet to win a game at home.
- Newroz SC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Newroz SC have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Iraqi League
- Newroz SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Newroz SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 |
