Al Karkh vs Al Quwa Al Jawiya: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Wed 19.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Karkh Stadium

A key match in Iraqi League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 4th position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Al Karkh nor Al Quwa Al Jawiya as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Al Karkh form and stats

9 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Al Karkh have to build on here at Al-Karkh Stadium.

Al Karkh's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Naft Maysan (1-2).

Al Karkh has scored 22 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Al Karkh have only conceded 14 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats

Al Quwa Al Jawiya's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Quwa Al Jawiya collect 37 points from their 16 away matches. 11 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Things are running smoothly for Al Quwa Al Jawiya who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Naft Maysan. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Pakhtakor game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Quwa Al Jawiya has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

It's the second away game in a row for Al Quwa Al Jawiya, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Al Karkh in the Iraqi League last time out. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al Minaa Basra.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 16 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Karkh - Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1-3. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 0 - 3 - 6 (Al Karkh wins - draws - Al Quwa Al Jawiya wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

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Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played 3 16 31
15 9 2 Won 2 11 20
10 4 2 Drew 1 4 9
7 3 0 Lost 0 1 2
43 22 3 Scored 5 22 47
30 14 1 Conceded 3 9 21
94% 94% 75% Over 0.5 67% 88% 94%
66% 69% 25% Over 1.5 67% 50% 65%
38% 44% 0% Over 2.5 67% 31% 35%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 33% 19% 16%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 33% 6% 10%
53% 50% 25% BTTS 67% 44% 52%
31% 38% 75% Clean Sheets 33% 50% 45%
22% 19% 25% Failed To Score 33% 19% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 10 10
10 10 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Al Karkh have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Quwa Al Jawiya have created more than twice as many corners as Al Karkh.
  • Al Quwa Al Jawiya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Quwa Al Jawiya have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Al Karkh
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
24-04-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
01-05-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 0 Al Zawra'a
10-05-19 IL Naft 1 - 0 Al Karkh
16-05-19 IL Al Karkh 2 - 1 Al Talaba
21-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 0 - 0 Al Karkh
27-05-19 IL Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 2 - 2 Al Karkh
01-06-19 IL Al Karkh 2 - 2 Al Kahrabaa
14-06-19 IL Naft Maysan 2 - 1 Al Karkh
19-06-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
24-06-19 IL Al Hussein 14:00 Al Karkh
Al Quwa Al Jawiya
All AFC Cup Arab Club Championship Iraqi League AFC Champions League
All Home Away
02-05-19 IL Al Diwaniya 0 - 1 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
10-05-19 IL Erbil 0 - 0 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
17-05-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 2 - 1 Al Hudod
23-05-19 IL Al Shorta 2 - 3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
28-05-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 1 Baghdad
01-06-19 IL Al Najaf 0 - 1 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
15-06-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 1 Al Minaa Basra
19-06-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
23-06-19 IL Al Zawra'a 16:00 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
28-06-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 15:00 Al Bahri

  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 31 23 7 1 64 15 16 12 3 1 36 10 15 11 4 0 28 5 49 76
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 Maysan 31 12 11 8 42 37 16 10 5 1 30 16 15 2 6 7 12 21 5 47
6 Naft 31 11 13 7 47 32 14 5 4 5 20 15 17 6 9 2 27 17 15 46
7 Naft Al-Wasat 31 10 14 7 29 25 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 31 11 7 13 32 42 16 7 4 5 20 19 15 4 3 8 12 23 -10 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 39 41 16 6 7 3 25 19 15 2 6 7 14 22 -2 37
12 Al Hudod 31 8 13 10 26 34 16 7 5 4 18 16 15 1 8 6 8 18 -8 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 Kahrabaa 31 7 14 10 31 36 15 3 6 6 11 15 16 4 8 4 20 21 -5 35
15 Al Diwaniya 32 6 16 10 26 37 16 4 8 4 15 19 16 2 8 6 11 18 -11 34
16 Al Minaa Basra 31 6 14 11 28 33 15 4 9 2 15 10 16 2 5 9 13 23 -5 32
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 48 15 4 4 7 10 15 16 3 2 11 10 33 -28 27
19 Al Hussein 31 4 10 17 21 40 16 3 6 7 14 19 15 1 4 10 7 21 -19 22
20 Al Bahri 31 2 11 18 27 54 15 0 8 7 13 24 16 2 3 11 14 30 -27 17

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