Al Diwaniya and Al Karkh have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Iraqi League.
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
Al Diwaniya form and stats
3-7-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Al Diwaniya so far this season.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Diwaniya here at Al Diwaniya Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). Diwaniya are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Diwaniya Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Al Karkh form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Karkh so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Karkh as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Al Karkh as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Diwaniya - Al Karkh 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Diwaniya victories, zero draws and two Al Karkh wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Al Diwaniya missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Al Diwaniya | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 71% | 64% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 52% | 45% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 36% | 52% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 24% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 27% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 33% |
| 48% | 64% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 64% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 11 | 6.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | 33% |
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Al Najaf | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Zakho | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Naft | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Al Diwaniya | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Erbil | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 16 | Al Kahrabaa | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 19 | Al Simawa | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -16 | 18 |
| 20 | Al Hudod | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 17 |