Al Taji Stadium: Al Kahrabaa vs Naft Al-Wasat Iraqi League preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Fri 21.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Taji Stadium (5000 seats)

Al Kahrabaa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 15th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Naft Al-Wasat holds 7th place with 44 pts.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Al Kahrabaa form and stats

Al Kahrabaa's struggle is real here at Al Taji Stadium with only 15 points collected from 15 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-6-6. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Al Kahrabaa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Al Kahrabaa's previous game was a Iraqi League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Naft Al-Wasat. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Al Kahrabaa won a home game hosting Al Bahri (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Kahrabaa handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D0-L0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Kahrabaa here at Al Taji Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 15 games). 15 goals have been conceded.

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Naft Al-Wasat form and stats

4-9-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Naft Al-Wasat in their matches away. Naft Al-Wasat seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Naft Al-Wasat, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Al Kahrabaa. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya.

Naft Al-Wasat are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of one match.

Naft Al-Wasat find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures. As opposed to that, Naft Al-Wasat have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Kahrabaa - Naft Al-Wasat 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Al Kahrabaa wins - draws - Naft Al-Wasat wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Al Kahrabaa missing players

Naft Al-Wasat missing players

Al Kahrabaa Naft Al-Wasat
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
32 16 6 Played 5 16 32
8 4 2 Won 1 4 10
14 6 3 Drew 4 9 14
10 6 1 Lost 0 3 8
33 13 7 Scored 3 17 30
37 16 6 Conceded 2 17 27
81% 88% 83% Over 0.5 40% 75% 81%
59% 50% 50% Over 1.5 40% 69% 47%
38% 25% 33% Over 2.5 20% 44% 31%
19% 12% 33% Over 3.5 0% 12% 12%
12% 6% 17% Over 4.5 0% 6% 3%
56% 44% 50% BTTS 40% 62% 41%
28% 25% 33% Clean Sheets 60% 25% 38%
34% 44% 33% Failed To Score 60% 38% 41%
 
5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 6
6 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 5
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Naft Al-Wasat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Al Kahrabaa
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
27-04-19 IL Erbil 0 - 0 Al Kahrabaa
03-05-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 0 - 0 Al Hudod
10-05-19 IL Al Shorta 5 - 3 Al Kahrabaa
16-05-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 1 - 0 Baghdad
21-05-19 IL Al Najaf 1 - 1 Al Kahrabaa
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 15:00 Al Kahrabaa
Naft Al-Wasat
All Uafa Cup Iraqi League
All Home Away
24-04-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
01-05-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 3 - 0 Al Bahri
09-05-19 IL Al Simawa 1 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
16-05-19 IL Al Zawra'a 3 - 3 Naft Al-Wasat
22-05-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 2 - 2 Naft
28-05-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 1 - 1 Al Talaba
02-06-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 1 - 0 Naft Al-Wasat
14-06-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 1 - 0 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
21-06-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 2 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
26-06-19 IL Naft Maysan 16:15 Naft Al-Wasat

  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 32 24 7 1 66 16 16 12 3 1 36 10 16 12 4 0 30 6 50 79
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 31 20 9 2 47 21 15 9 5 1 25 12 16 11 4 1 22 9 26 69
3 Al Zawra'a 30 15 11 4 44 27 15 7 7 1 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 13 17 56
4 Al Karkh 32 15 10 7 43 30 16 9 4 3 22 14 16 6 6 4 21 16 13 55
5 Naft 32 12 13 7 49 33 15 6 4 5 22 16 17 6 9 2 27 17 16 49
6 Naft Maysan 32 12 11 9 43 39 16 10 5 1 30 16 16 2 6 8 13 23 4 47
7 Naft Al-Wasat 31 10 14 7 30 26 16 6 5 5 13 10 15 4 9 2 16 15 4 44
8 Baghdad 32 11 11 10 30 28 16 6 5 5 14 13 16 5 6 5 16 15 2 44
9 Naft Al-Janoob 32 11 7 14 33 44 16 7 4 5 20 19 16 4 3 9 13 25 -11 40
10 Erbil 32 10 9 13 29 32 16 7 6 3 18 6 16 3 3 10 11 26 -3 39
11 Al Talaba 31 8 13 10 40 41 16 6 7 3 25 19 15 2 6 7 14 22 -1 37
12 Al Hudod 32 8 13 11 27 36 17 7 5 5 19 18 15 1 8 6 8 18 -9 37
13 Al Najaf 31 8 12 11 33 37 15 5 4 6 18 20 16 3 8 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Al Minaa Basra 32 7 14 11 31 35 16 5 9 2 18 12 16 2 5 9 13 23 -4 35
15 Al Kahrabaa 31 7 14 10 32 37 15 3 6 6 11 15 16 4 8 4 20 21 -5 35
16 Al Diwaniya 32 6 16 10 26 37 16 4 8 4 15 19 16 2 8 6 11 18 -11 34
17 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 32 7 11 14 24 33 17 4 6 7 15 18 15 3 5 7 9 15 -9 32
18 Al Simawa 31 7 6 18 20 49 15 4 4 7 10 15 16 3 2 11 10 33 -29 27
19 Al Hussein 32 4 10 18 23 43 16 3 6 7 14 19 16 1 4 11 9 24 -20 22
20 Al Bahri 32 3 11 18 29 55 16 1 8 7 15 25 16 2 3 11 14 30 -26 20

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