The visiting Al Karkh side should be favourites in this visit to Al Bahri, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.
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.
Al Karkh play their home games on grass, while this game is played on sand pitch. Recent stats for Al Karkh when playing on sand pitch are 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from two matches. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 2 times in these games.
Al Bahri form and stats
With 0 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Al Bahri are certainly not brimming with confidence. With eleven home games in a row without a win, the Al Bahri fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Al Najaf game long ago, can be stopped today.The points were shared in Al Bahri's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Minaa Basra travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Najaf.
Al Bahri aren't scoring a lot here at Zubair Stadium with only 7 goals from 11 games. Al Bahri have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Al Karkh form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. Two points from the last two away games for Al Karkh, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.Al Karkh are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Iraqi League against Al Simawa. A 1-1 draw at Al Minaa Basra's stadium before that.
Al Karkh are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Karkh - Al Bahri 3-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Al Bahri, 0 draws and 1 win for Al Karkh.Al Bahri missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Al Bahri | Al Karkh | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | Played | 11 | 22 |
| 17 | 7 | Scored | 15 | 30 |
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | 10 | 17 |
| 77% | 73% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 95% |
| 59% | 55% | Over 1.5 | 64% | 64% |
| 41% | 27% | Over 2.5 | 18% | 27% |
| 23% | 18% | Over 3.5 | 9% | 9% |
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 9% | 5% |
| 59% | 55% | Both teams to score | 55% | 45% |
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 36% |
| 41% | 45% | Failed To Score | 18% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Al Karkh hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Al Shorta | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Karkh | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Naft | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Naft Al-Wasat | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Al Talaba | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Erbil | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Al Najaf | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Baghdad | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Al Minaa Basra | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Al Kahrabaa | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Al Diwaniya | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 19 |
| 19 | Al Hussein | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Al Bahri | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
