Samaraa vs Al Karkh: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Wed 13.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Samaraa Stadium (10000 seats)

This fixture stars two teams living in the lower parts of the Iraqi League, Samaraa having 20th place and Al Karkh sitting at 17th. A nice opportunity for one of the participants to better their situation.

Insights:
  • Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (13) in Iraqi League
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Samaraa form and stats

Samaraa's results here at Samaraa Stadium in the Iraqi League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for Samaraa's attacking players as they have now played 270 minutes without scoring in a league game. El was their last goal scorer.

Samaraa lost their last game at Newroz SC (placed 14th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Naft Maysan (0-1).

Samaraa have scored 9 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Samaraa defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Al Karkh form and stats

As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Al Karkh have produced an overall stat of 2-7-3 so far.

Karkh played 2-2 against Al-Qasim in their previous match. It looked so good for Al Karkh vs Al-Qasim, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Al Sinaah's place.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Al Karkh as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Al Karkh - Samaraa 1-1 was the scoreline in these teams' previous head to head game, earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two squads are: one win for Samaraa, one draw and one win for Al Karkh. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

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Total First Half Second Half
Samaraa Al Karkh
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 26
1 1 1 Won W 1 2 2
7 4 2 Drew D 2 7 15
18 8 1 Lost L 0 3 9
13 9 5 Scored S 3 9 19
39 20 6 Conceded C 2 11 27
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 58% 73%
65% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 42% 54%
27% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 35%
12% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 15%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 50%
8% 8% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 31%
62% 54% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 58% 46%
 
3.9 3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.1
6.9 8.3 10 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.3
2.4 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.7 6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9.6
1.6 1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.4
18% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 22%
 
11 9.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.8 7.6
4 3.3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 2.8
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Samaraa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Samaraa have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa have the fewest points (7) at home in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (13) in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Iraqi League
  • Samaraa 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 26 21 4 1 44 14 13 10 3 0 21 6 13 11 1 1 23 8 30 67
2 Al Talaba 26 16 5 5 36 17 12 8 3 1 20 7 14 8 2 4 16 10 19 53
3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 25 14 6 5 34 18 13 10 2 1 22 7 12 4 4 4 12 11 16 48
4 Naft Al-Wasat 26 13 8 5 37 24 13 8 3 2 22 10 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 47
5 Al Zawra'a 26 12 10 4 29 16 13 8 2 3 17 8 13 4 8 1 12 8 13 46
6 Al Najaf 26 11 7 8 26 22 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 7 3 4 15 10 4 40
7 Naft 26 9 12 5 23 17 14 5 6 3 13 8 12 4 6 2 10 9 6 39
8 Zakho 26 8 13 5 23 17 12 3 6 3 9 8 14 5 7 2 14 9 6 37
9 Naft Al-Janoob 26 8 10 8 29 29 13 3 7 3 12 13 13 5 3 5 17 16 0 34
10 Naft Maysan 26 8 9 9 20 24 13 6 2 5 15 14 13 2 7 4 5 10 -4 33
11 Erbil 26 8 8 10 25 26 14 7 2 5 19 12 12 1 6 5 6 14 -1 32
12 Al Sinaah 26 7 11 8 21 23 13 5 3 5 10 8 13 2 8 3 11 15 -2 32
13 Al Kahrabaa 26 7 9 10 22 25 13 5 4 4 13 11 13 2 5 6 9 14 -3 30
14 Newroz SC 26 8 6 12 27 33 13 6 4 3 16 12 13 2 2 9 11 21 -6 30
15 Al-Qasim 26 4 15 7 23 30 12 3 9 0 10 7 14 1 6 7 13 23 -7 27
16 Baghdad 25 5 9 11 19 27 13 2 7 4 10 13 12 3 2 7 9 14 -8 24
17 Al Karkh 26 2 15 9 19 27 14 0 8 6 10 16 12 2 7 3 9 11 -8 21
18 Al Diwaniya 26 5 5 16 19 44 13 3 4 6 12 18 13 2 1 10 7 26 -25 20
19 Al Minaa Basra 26 1 13 12 20 37 13 1 8 4 13 15 13 0 5 8 7 22 -17 16
20 Samaraa 26 1 7 18 13 39 13 1 4 8 9 20 13 0 3 10 4 19 -26 10

Table
  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 26 21 4 1 44 14 13 10 3 0 21 6 13 11 1 1 23 8 30 67
2 Al Talaba 26 16 5 5 36 17 12 8 3 1 20 7 14 8 2 4 16 10 19 53
3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 25 14 6 5 34 18 13 10 2 1 22 7 12 4 4 4 12 11 16 48
4 Naft Al-Wasat 26 13 8 5 37 24 13 8 3 2 22 10 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 47
5 Al Zawra'a 26 12 10 4 29 16 13 8 2 3 17 8 13 4 8 1 12 8 13 46
6 Al Najaf 26 11 7 8 26 22 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 7 3 4 15 10 4 40
7 Naft 26 9 12 5 23 17 14 5 6 3 13 8 12 4 6 2 10 9 6 39
8 Zakho 26 8 13 5 23 17 12 3 6 3 9 8 14 5 7 2 14 9 6 37
9 Naft Al-Janoob 26 8 10 8 29 29 13 3 7 3 12 13 13 5 3 5 17 16 0 34
10 Naft Maysan 26 8 9 9 20 24 13 6 2 5 15 14 13 2 7 4 5 10 -4 33
11 Erbil 26 8 8 10 25 26 14 7 2 5 19 12 12 1 6 5 6 14 -1 32
12 Al Sinaah 26 7 11 8 21 23 13 5 3 5 10 8 13 2 8 3 11 15 -2 32
13 Al Kahrabaa 26 7 9 10 22 25 13 5 4 4 13 11 13 2 5 6 9 14 -3 30
14 Newroz SC 26 8 6 12 27 33 13 6 4 3 16 12 13 2 2 9 11 21 -6 30
15 Al-Qasim 26 4 15 7 23 30 12 3 9 0 10 7 14 1 6 7 13 23 -7 27
16 Baghdad 25 5 9 11 19 27 13 2 7 4 10 13 12 3 2 7 9 14 -8 24
17 Al Karkh 26 2 15 9 19 27 14 0 8 6 10 16 12 2 7 3 9 11 -8 21
18 Al Diwaniya 26 5 5 16 19 44 13 3 4 6 12 18 13 2 1 10 7 26 -25 20
19 Al Minaa Basra 26 1 13 12 20 37 13 1 8 4 13 15 13 0 5 8 7 22 -17 16
20 Samaraa 26 1 7 18 13 39 13 1 4 8 9 20 13 0 3 10 4 19 -26 10

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