It's finally time for the Iraqi League season debut for these squads, whom look forward to playing for points again. Will Al Karkh or Naft Al-Janoob get that key first win?
Al Karkh form and stats
In the previous season, Al Karkh's league stats were 11 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses, leading to 10th place in the Iraqi League. In these 38 matches they scored 35 goals and let in 40. Playing as the home side in the last season Al Karkh generated 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 21 conceded.
Naft Al-Janoob form and stats
Let's have a look at how Naft Al-Janoob performed last season in the Iraqi League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 14 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 7 with 16/24 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Karkh five wins, three draws and Naft Al-Janoob two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Al Karkh missing players
Naft Al-Janoob missing players
| Al Karkh | Naft Al-Janoob | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Karkh | Last season | Naft Al-Janoob | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 9 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 53% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 61% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 37% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 39% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 26% | ||
| 45% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 34% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 41% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 34% | ||
| 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 Diwaniya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Kahrabaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Karkh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Minaa Basra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Shorta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Sinaah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Zawra'a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Al-Qasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Baghdad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Erbil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Naft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Naft Al-Wasat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Naft Maysan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Newroz SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Samaraa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Zakho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 39 | 83 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 74 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 72 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 63 |
| 6 | Naft | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 53 |
| 7 | Baghdad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 50 |
| 8 | Al Minaa Basra | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Zakho | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 46 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 45 |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 44 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 44 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -10 | 43 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 41 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 39 |
| 18 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 37 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 38 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 31 |
| 20 | Al Simawa | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 26 |