Al Diwaniya are ready to brush off the league table before this fixture against Al Najaf. Here's all you must know before the game!
- Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Al Diwaniya have less rest than Al Najaf in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Iraqi League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Zawra'a, was also a home game here at Al Diwaniya Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Diwaniya form and stats
The complete Iraqi League statistics at home this season for Al Diwaniya are 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Al Diwaniya's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Zawra'a (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Shorta (1-2).Al Diwaniya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Diwaniya have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Najaf form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League.
Al Najaf delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Zawra'a (placed 4th) in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al Shorta's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Najaf as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Najaf as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Al Najaf - Al Diwaniya 3-0, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's one Al Diwaniya victory, four draws and four Al Najaf wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Al Diwaniya missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 29 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 42% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 11% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 20% | 16% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 53% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 42% |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 8.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4.5 | 6.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 7.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.5 | 9 |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2 |
- Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Diwaniya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Diwaniya 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 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Zakho | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Naft | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Erbil | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Baghdad | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 18 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 4 |
