Football betting preview: Al Hussein vs Naft Maysan

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Thu 18.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Taji Stadium (5000 seats)

The visiting Naft Maysan side should be favourites in this visit to Al Hussein, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Hussein form and stats

Al Hussein's struggle is real here at Al Taji Stadium with only 11 points collected from 11 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-5-4.

Al Hussein's last game was hosting Al Kahrabaa and winning 3-2. Heartbreak before that as Al Hussein lost 0-2 at Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya's place.

Al Hussein are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 12 goals in 11 matches. Al Hussein have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Naft Maysan form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Naft Maysan so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Naft Maysan's last game was the home draw against Al Quwa Al Jawiya (0-0). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Simawa wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Naft Maysan as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games. As opposed to that, Naft Maysan have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Naft Maysan - Al Hussein 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 0 Al Hussein victories, 2 draws and 3 Naft Maysan wins.

Al Hussein missing players

Naft Maysan missing players

Al Hussein Naft Maysan
Total Home Statistic Away Total
22 11 Played 10 22
17 12 Scored 9 31
28 14 Conceded 14 26
86% 82% Over 0.5 80% 82%
68% 73% Over 1.5 60% 68%
36% 55% Over 2.5 40% 55%
9% 18% Over 3.5 20% 27%
5% 9% Over 4.5 20% 18%
55% 73% Both teams to score 60% 68%
23% 27% Clean Sheet 20% 23%
36% 18% Failed To Score 40% 27%
 
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
Key stats this season:
  • Al Hussein is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 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

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