Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Al Minaa Basra languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Al Diwaniya will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Iraqi League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Talaba, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
Overall Iraqi League stats at home this season for Al Minaa Basra are 2-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al-Qasim and winning 2-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Minaa as they are travelling to their away game against Al Quwa Al Jawiya in the Iraqi League. That match is four days after this one.
Al Minaa Basra aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Minaa have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Diwaniya form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Diwaniya so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-2 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Al Diwaniya have all ended in a draw. Two points from the last two away games for Diwaniya, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Falah Abd Al Kareem was the last player to score for the away team. Diwaniya haven't scored a league goal in the last 262 minutes. 199 minutes! That's how long the Al Diwaniya goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Al Diwaniya's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Minaa won two games, one match ended with a draw and Al Diwaniya has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / threeAl Minaa Basra missing players
Al Diwaniya missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Al Diwaniya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 69% |
| 44% | 25% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 44% | 25% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 25% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 31% |
| 31% | 50% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 62% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Zakho | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Naft | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Erbil | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Diwaniya | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Al Minaa Basra | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Al Hudod | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 11 |