Iraqi League match preview: Al Minaa Basra versus Al Hussein

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Wed 19.June
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Basra Sport City Stadium

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 19th place.

Al Minaa Basra have less rest than Al Hussein in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Iraqi League game only four days ago.

D D D D W

Al Minaa Basra form and stats

4 victories, 9 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Al Minaa Basra have to build on here at Basra Sport City Stadium. The Al Minaa Basra fans aren't used to losing here at Basra Sport City Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Minaa Basra has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Al Minaa Basra has four draws from their last four matches.

The home team returns to Basra Sport City Stadium after sharing the points with Al Quwa Al Jawiya on their last time out; the Iraqi League game ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Naft Maysan that ended 1-1.

Al Minaa Basra has scored 15 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Al Minaa Basra have only conceded 10 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

D L L D L

Al Hussein form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Hussein, who have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Iraqi League, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-10 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Al Hussein's last game was the home draw against Al Najaf (0-0). Prior to that match, the Al Hussein manager faced defeat when travelling to Baghdad and losing 2-4.

Al Hussein are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 7 goals from 15 away games. As opposed to that, Al Hussein have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Al Hussein - Al Minaa Basra 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 2 Al Minaa Basra victories, 1 draw and 2 Al Hussein wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Al Minaa Basra missing players

Al Hussein missing players

Al Minaa Basra Al Hussein
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played 4 15 31
6 4 1 Won 1 1 4
14 9 2 Drew 2 4 10
11 2 2 Lost 1 10 17
28 15 7 Scored 3 7 21
33 10 6 Conceded 4 21 40
77% 67% 80% Over 0.5 100% 87% 84%
61% 60% 80% Over 1.5 75% 60% 61%
42% 33% 80% Over 2.5 0% 20% 32%
10% 7% 20% Over 3.5 0% 7% 10%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 6%
52% 47% 60% BTTS 50% 33% 45%
35% 53% 40% Clean Sheets 25% 20% 26%
35% 33% 20% Failed To Score 25% 60% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Al Hussein have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Al Minaa Basra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Hussein have scored away.

Al Minaa Basra
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
27-04-19 IL Al Zawra'a 1 - 0 Al Minaa Basra
03-05-19 IL Al Minaa Basra 0 - 0 Naft
09-05-19 IL Al Talaba 2 - 1 Al Minaa Basra
15-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 1 - 2 Al Minaa Basra
20-05-19 IL Al Minaa Basra 2 - 2 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
26-05-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 1 - 1 Al Minaa Basra
01-06-19 IL Al Minaa Basra 1 - 1 Naft Maysan
15-06-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 1 Al Minaa Basra
19-06-19 IL Al Minaa Basra 16:15 Al Hussein
24-06-19 IL Al Diwaniya 14:00 Al Minaa Basra
Al Hussein
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
24-04-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 0 Al Hussein
02-05-19 IL Al Hussein 0 - 1 Al Simawa
10-05-19 IL Al Hussein 1 - 2 Al Diwaniya
17-05-19 IL Erbil 2 - 0 Al Hussein
23-05-19 IL Al Hudod 0 - 0 Al Hussein
28-05-19 IL Al Hussein 0 - 2 Al Shorta
02-06-19 IL Baghdad 4 - 2 Al Hussein
14-06-19 IL Al Hussein 0 - 0 Al Najaf
19-06-19 IL Al Minaa Basra 16:15 Al Hussein
24-06-19 IL Al Hussein 14:00 Al Karkh

  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

Editor’s Pick

More from Iraq - Iraqi League