16th- against 13th spot might not sound all that hot. Fear not: Tipsway has the knowledge that makes Al Karkh - Erbil (even) more intriguing!
- Al Karkh have yet to win a game at home.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
The hosts Al Karkh saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Iraqi League. That game was an away game at Al Kahrabaa, so at least Al Karkh are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Al Karkh form and stats
Al Karkh's struggle is real here at Al-Karkh Stadium with only 5 points collected from 9 Iraqi League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-5-4. Al Karkh are slowly digging their own grave here at Al-Karkh Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Naft Al-Janoob match.
Happy days for Al Karkh in their previous game, a Iraqi League match away at Al Kahrabaa (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Before that game, the home loss against Al Talaba with the scoreline 1-2.Karkh have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Al Karkh have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Erbil form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Erbil so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). The fact that Erbil have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The supporters enjoyed Erbil's previous game versus Newroz SC (placed 17th), a Iraqi League 4-2 win played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Newroz SC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Naft Maysan.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Erbil rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Al Karkh wins - draws - Erbil wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Al Karkh missing players
Erbil missing players
| Al Karkh | Erbil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 72% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 78% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 39% |
| 33% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 31% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
- Al Karkh have created more than twice as many corners as Erbil.
- Al Karkh have yet to win a game at home.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Erbil have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Zakho | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Naft | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Al-Qasim | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Erbil | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Al Kahrabaa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -21 | 4 |
