Iraqi League match prediction and preview for Al Kahrabaa vs Al Najaf clash

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Mon 21.June
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Al Taji Stadium (5000 seats)

The visiting Al Najaf side should be favourites in this visit to Al Kahrabaa, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Al Kahrabaa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Najaf have the most points (33) away in Iraqi League

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Al Kahrabaa form and stats

4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Al Kahrabaa so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Al Kahrabaa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 295 minutes.

The Kahrabaa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Simawa in Iraqi League and win 1-0.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Naft Al-Wasat the opponent.

The Kahrabaa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 15 matches. Kahrabaa have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Najaf form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (33) away in Iraqi League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the Iraqi League.

Najaf are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Iraqi League against Al Hudod (placed 20th).

Prior to that result Najaf won their away game at Al Quwa Al Jawiya. The scoreline was 4-3.

The visiting Najaf have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 16 games. Najaf are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Kahrabaa and Al Najaf have met before this season: Al Najaf - Al Kahrabaa 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Kahrabaa won one, Al Najaf won three and six draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

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Al Kahrabaa Al Najaf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 6 16 31
6 4 0 Won W 3 10 17
14 6 1 Drew D 1 3 9
11 5 3 Lost L 2 3 5
29 15 0 Scored S 6 22 39
31 14 3 Conceded C 4 11 21
87% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 87%
48% 47% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 58%
32% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 31% 29%
26% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 35%
26% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 52%
42% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 17% 19% 26%
 
2.6 1.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 3.8
5.6 4.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.9
1 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.4 8.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.3 7.8
1.3 1.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3
56% 71% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 43% 39%
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Kahrabaa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Kahrabaa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Kahrabaa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Najaf have the most points (33) away in Iraqi League
  • Al Najaf have the most scored goals (22) away in Iraqi League
  • Al Najaf have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Iraqi League

  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 30 20 6 4 54 22 16 12 2 2 38 16 14 8 4 2 16 6 32 66
2 Al Shorta 31 17 10 4 51 21 15 9 6 0 30 8 16 8 4 4 21 13 30 61
3 Al Najaf 31 17 9 5 39 21 15 7 6 2 17 10 16 10 3 3 22 11 18 60
4 Al Zawra'a 31 15 14 2 36 15 16 9 6 1 22 8 15 6 8 1 14 7 21 59
5 Naft Al-Wasat 31 14 11 6 35 23 15 6 4 5 14 11 16 8 7 1 21 12 12 53
6 Naft 31 10 13 8 30 27 16 5 8 3 16 12 15 5 5 5 14 15 3 43
7 Baghdad 31 11 9 11 25 24 16 4 6 6 12 13 15 7 3 5 13 11 1 42
8 Zakho 31 9 14 8 28 30 16 6 7 3 16 14 15 3 7 5 12 16 -2 41
9 Al Minaa Basra 31 9 11 11 34 35 15 6 4 5 17 14 16 3 7 6 17 21 -1 38
10 Al Karkh 31 9 11 11 26 30 16 6 4 6 15 18 15 3 7 5 11 12 -4 38
11 Naft Maysan 31 8 13 10 29 36 16 3 7 6 13 19 15 5 6 4 16 17 -7 37
12 Naft Al-Janoob 31 8 12 11 29 37 16 5 5 6 16 19 15 3 7 5 13 18 -8 36
13 Erbil 31 8 11 12 34 35 15 5 5 5 22 14 16 3 6 7 12 21 -1 35
14 Al Kahrabaa 31 6 14 11 29 31 15 4 6 5 15 14 16 2 8 6 14 17 -2 32
15 Al Diwaniya 31 5 17 9 16 30 15 4 10 1 10 7 16 1 7 8 6 23 -14 32
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 31 6 13 12 18 28 16 5 8 3 10 9 15 1 5 9 8 19 -10 31
17 Al Talaba 31 6 11 14 28 40 15 3 4 8 13 19 16 3 7 6 15 21 -12 29
18 Al-Qasim 31 5 13 13 29 42 16 3 6 7 16 21 15 2 7 6 13 21 -13 28
19 Al Simawa 30 5 9 16 16 44 14 4 6 4 9 10 16 1 3 12 7 34 -28 24
20 Al Hudod 31 2 17 12 25 40 15 1 9 5 14 20 16 1 8 7 11 20 -15 23