Iraqi League: Al Karkh - Al Simawa preview and statistics

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Thu 26.September
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Karkh Stadium (6000 seats)

It's game two of the Iraqi League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Al Karkh form and stats

Al Karkh have only played one Iraqi League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Al Karkh's previous game was a Iraqi League match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the match before that, Al Karkh hosted Baghdad and drew the game 1-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Al Karkh's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

Last season, Al Karkh's league statistics were 15 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Iraqi League. Over these 38 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Al Karkh managed 9-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 17 conceded.

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Al Simawa form and stats

Al Simawa delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Al Zawra'a (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Iraqi League game. Prior to that match, the Al Simawa manager faced defeat when travelling to Al Kahrabaa and losing 0-2.

Let's have a look at how Al Simawa performed last season in the Iraqi League: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 13 with 13/39 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Al Karkh 3 wins, 2 draws and Al Simawa 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mahmoud Khalil
10 goals
Hussain Jabar
9 goals
Seraj Eddin Sabah
7 goals

Al Karkh missing players

Al Simawa missing players

Al Karkh Al Simawa
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 2
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Al Karkh Last season Al Simawa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 9   Won W   4 8
12 5   Drew D   2 9
11 5   Lost L   13 21
44 23   Scored S   13 26
35 17   Conceded C   39 59
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 87%
58% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 66%
32% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 53%
16% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 18%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 39%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   42% 47%
 
2.8 2.7   Corners For (avg) C F   3.5 3.5
4.2 5   Corners Against (avg) C A   7.5 7.5
1.5 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Karkh
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
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 0 - 0 Al Karkh
29-06-19 IL Al Karkh 0 - 1 Al Diwaniya
06-07-19 IL Erbil 1 - 0 Al Karkh
12-07-19 IL Al Karkh 0 - 1 Al Hudod
19-07-19 IL Al Shorta 1 - 0 Al Karkh
24-07-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 1 Baghdad
18-09-19 IL Al Karkh 3 - 2 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
26-09-19 IL Al Karkh 12:45 Al Simawa
Al Simawa
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
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
22-07-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 2 - 0 Al Simawa
19-09-19 IL Al Simawa 0 - 0 Al Zawra'a
26-09-19 IL Al Karkh 12:45 Al Simawa

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Naft Al-Wasat 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Al Karkh 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Al Shorta 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Al-Qasim 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Al Kahrabaa 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Al Najaf 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Al Simawa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Al Zawra'a 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Al Hudod 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Naft 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Al Diwaniya 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Baghdad 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 38 27 8 3 73 22 19 15 3 1 42 12 19 12 5 2 31 10 51 89
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 38 25 9 4 58 27 19 11 5 3 31 17 19 14 4 1 27 10 31 84
3 Al Zawra'a 38 17 14 7 57 40 19 8 8 3 30 18 19 9 6 4 27 22 17 65
4 Naft 38 16 15 7 60 39 19 9 5 5 28 18 19 7 10 2 32 21 21 63
5 Naft Maysan 38 15 14 9 57 47 19 12 6 1 39 21 19 3 8 8 18 26 10 59
6 Al Karkh 38 15 12 11 44 35 19 9 5 5 23 17 19 6 7 6 21 18 9 57
7 Baghdad 38 12 14 12 36 35 19 7 6 6 17 16 19 5 8 6 19 19 1 50
8 Naft Al-Wasat 38 11 17 10 38 37 19 7 6 6 17 13 19 4 11 4 21 24 1 50
9 Al Hudod 38 12 14 12 35 41 19 8 6 5 23 21 19 4 8 7 12 20 -6 50
10 Al Kahrabaa 38 10 18 10 41 41 19 5 8 6 19 20 19 5 10 4 22 21 0 48
11 Erbil 38 12 12 14 34 36 19 9 7 3 22 7 19 3 5 11 12 29 -2 48
12 Al Najaf 38 9 17 12 41 43 19 6 6 7 24 24 19 3 11 5 17 19 -2 44
13 Al Talaba 38 10 14 14 47 52 19 6 8 5 27 24 19 4 6 9 20 28 -5 44
14 Al Diwaniya 38 9 17 12 32 43 19 6 8 5 20 23 19 3 9 7 12 20 -11 44
15 Naft Al-Janoob 38 11 9 18 37 53 19 7 5 7 23 25 19 4 4 11 14 28 -16 42
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 38 9 14 15 30 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 19 4 7 8 14 20 -8 41
17 Al Minaa Basra 38 8 16 14 34 42 19 6 11 2 20 13 19 2 5 12 14 29 -8 40
18 Al Simawa 38 8 9 21 26 59 19 4 7 8 13 20 19 4 2 13 13 39 -33 33
19 Al Bahri 38 6 11 21 39 66 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 3 3 13 18 37 -27 29
20 Al Hussein 38 5 12 21 29 52 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 1 4 14 12 32 -23 27

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