This match involves two participants residing in the lower parts of the Iraqi League, Zakho holding 17th position and Naft lying 18th. A nice opportunity for one of the contenders to better their situation.
- Zakho have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Naft have created more than twice as many corners as Zakho.
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.
Zakho form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Iraqi League this season. Zakho have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Cairo International Stadium. When Zakho hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al-Qasim, Al Sinaah, Zakho, Erbil, Newroz SC and Al Diwaniya), they have won 1 of 2 matches! The home fans are hungry for more even though Zakho have been steadily collecting points here at Cairo International Stadium through three straight draws.
A strong away win for Zakho against Al Diwaniya the last match. This was their first victory after ten straight league fixtures not winning! As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zakho played a great game against Al Diwaniya and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Al Shorta.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Zakho have scored {3 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Zakho have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Naft form and stats
Naft have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Iraqi League, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
224 minutes! That's how long the Naft goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Naft's last game was the home draw against Al Sinaah (0-0).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Al Karkh.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Naft as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Naft have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Naft have won at least one point in the last 9 matches (6-3-0) versus Zakho.Zakho missing players
Naft missing players
| Zakho | Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 62% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 54% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 39% |
| 10.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11 | 8.2 |
| 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
- Naft have created more than twice as many corners as Zakho.
- Zakho have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Zakho 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Al Kahrabaa | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Shorta | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Duhok | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Hudod | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Naft Al-Basra | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Karbala | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Erbil | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Newroz SC | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Zakho | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 18 | Naft | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -19 | 2 |
