Iraqi League match preview and statistics: Al Kahrabaa fight Al Simawa

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Wed 24.July
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Taji Stadium (5000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Al Kahrabaa are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 18th.

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.

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Al Kahrabaa form and stats

4 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Al Kahrabaa have to build on here at Al Taji Stadium. Al Kahrabaa haven’t lost a game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al Shorta. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya in the Iraqi League last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Al Kahrabaa played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Naft Al-Janoob.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Kahrabaa here at Al Taji Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 18 games). Al Kahrabaa have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Al Simawa form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Simawa's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games. Al Simawa, who have the fewest scored goals (26) in Iraqi League, only have 4 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws.

Al Simawa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Najaf in their previous match; a Iraqi League game. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya.

The attacking power of Al Simawa when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored in 18 matches. Al Simawa have conceded 37 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Simawa - Al Kahrabaa 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Al Kahrabaa 5 wins, 2 draws and Al Simawa 0 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ala'a Muhaisen
9 goals
Murad Mohammad
7 goals

Al Kahrabaa missing players

Al Simawa missing players

Al Kahrabaa Al Simawa
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played 6 18 37
9 4 1 Won 1 4 8
18 8 5 Drew 1 2 9
10 6 0 Lost 4 12 20
39 17 7 Scored 4 13 26
41 20 6 Conceded 13 37 57
78% 89% 100% Over 0.5 83% 94% 86%
59% 56% 83% Over 1.5 83% 78% 65%
35% 28% 17% Over 2.5 83% 78% 54%
19% 17% 17% Over 3.5 33% 28% 19%
14% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 50% 83% BTTS 50% 44% 41%
32% 22% 17% Clean Sheets 17% 22% 27%
35% 39% 0% Failed To Score 50% 39% 46%
 
4.2 4 6 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
5 5.3 2 Corners Against (avg) 0 9 9
1.5 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Simawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Al Kahrabaa
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
26-05-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 1 - 1 Al Minaa Basra
01-06-19 IL Al Karkh 2 - 2 Al Kahrabaa
15-06-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 1 - 0 Al Bahri
21-06-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 2 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
27-06-19 IL Al Zawra'a 0 - 2 Al Kahrabaa
02-07-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 3 - 3 Naft
06-07-19 IL Al Talaba 0 - 0 Al Kahrabaa
11-07-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 0 - 0 Al Kahrabaa
18-07-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 1 - 1 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
24-07-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 13:30 Al Simawa
Al Simawa
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
29-05-19 IL Erbil 3 - 0 Al Simawa
02-06-19 IL Al Simawa 0 - 1 Naft
14-06-19 IL Al Hudod 3 - 0 Al Simawa
21-06-19 IL Al Simawa 1 - 3 Al Talaba
26-06-19 IL Al Shorta 3 - 1 Al Simawa
01-07-19 IL Al Simawa 0 - 0 Naft Al-Janoob
06-07-19 IL Baghdad 1 - 2 Al Simawa
13-07-19 IL Al Simawa 1 - 1 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
18-07-19 IL Al Simawa 1 - 1 Al Najaf
24-07-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 13:30 Al Simawa

  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 37 27 8 2 72 19 19 15 3 1 42 12 18 12 5 1 30 7 53 89
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 37 24 9 4 56 26 18 10 5 3 29 16 19 14 4 1 27 10 30 81
3 Al Zawra'a 37 17 13 7 57 40 18 8 7 3 30 18 19 9 6 4 27 22 17 64
4 Naft 37 15 15 7 58 39 18 8 5 5 26 18 19 7 10 2 32 21 19 60
5 Naft Maysan 37 15 13 9 57 47 19 12 6 1 39 21 18 3 7 8 18 26 10 58
6 Al Karkh 37 15 11 11 43 34 18 9 4 5 22 16 19 6 7 6 21 18 9 56
7 Baghdad 37 12 13 12 35 34 19 7 6 6 17 16 18 5 7 6 18 18 1 49
8 Naft Al-Wasat 37 11 16 10 36 35 19 7 6 6 17 13 18 4 10 4 19 22 1 49
9 Al Hudod 37 12 13 12 33 39 18 8 5 5 21 19 19 4 8 7 12 20 -6 49
10 Erbil 37 12 11 14 34 36 19 9 7 3 22 7 18 3 4 11 12 29 -2 47
11 Al Kahrabaa 37 9 18 10 39 41 18 4 8 6 17 20 19 5 10 4 22 21 -2 45
12 Al Talaba 37 10 14 13 47 50 19 6 8 5 27 24 18 4 6 8 20 26 -3 44
13 Al Diwaniya 37 9 17 11 32 41 19 6 8 5 20 23 18 3 9 6 12 18 -9 44
14 Naft Al-Janoob 37 11 9 17 36 51 19 7 5 7 23 25 18 4 4 10 13 26 -15 42
15 Al Najaf 37 8 17 12 38 43 18 5 6 7 21 24 19 3 11 5 17 19 -5 41
16 Al Minaa Basra 37 8 16 13 34 39 19 6 11 2 20 13 18 2 5 11 14 26 -5 40
17 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 37 9 13 15 30 38 18 5 6 7 16 18 19 4 7 8 14 20 -8 40
18 Al Simawa 37 8 9 20 26 57 19 4 7 8 13 20 18 4 2 12 13 37 -31 33
19 Al Bahri 37 5 11 21 36 65 18 2 8 8 18 28 19 3 3 13 18 37 -29 26
20 Al Hussein 37 4 12 21 27 52 18 3 8 7 15 20 19 1 4 14 12 32 -25 24

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