16th- against 7th position might not seem all that inviting. But: Tipsway has the facts that makes Al Karkh - Al Najaf (even) more interesting!
- Al Karkh have yet to win a game.
- Al Najaf have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Iraqi League
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.
Al Karkh form and stats
Al Karkh's results here in the Iraqi League have been very modest with 0 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 14 attempts.
Saad was the last player to score a league goal for Karkh and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Karkh haven't scored in 267 minutes.
Karkh's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Al Shorta (placed 1st).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Baghdad the opponent.Karkh aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Najaf form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Al Najaf's previous game was their home loss versus Newroz SC (0-1).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Naft Maysan at their stadium, the result 2-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Najaf as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Najaf's manager Ahmad has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Karkh-Al Najaf H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Karkh one win, Al Najaf six wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Karkh missing players
Al Najaf missing players
| Al Karkh | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 64% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 86% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 57% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 7.2 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 0.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Karkh have yet to win a game.
- Al Najaf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Najaf have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Zakho | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Sinaah | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Naft | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Al-Qasim | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Naft Maysan | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Al Minaa Basra | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Erbil | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 4 |
