Can Al Minaa Basra beat Al Karkh in Basra Sport City Stadium clash?

Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Fri 05.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Basra Sport City Stadium

Struggling Al Minaa Basra will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Karkh in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Al Minaa Basra form and stats

Al Minaa Basra have played 10 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Al Minaa Basra's last game was hosting Al Simawa and winning 3-0. In the match before that, Al Minaa Basra hosted Al Najaf and drew the game 0-0.

Al Minaa Basra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 11 goals in 10 matches. Al Minaa Basra are not conceding a lot of goals here at Basra Sport City Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Al Karkh form and stats

Playing away, Al Karkh have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Iraqi League home defeat versus Al Najaf with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Baghdad that ended 1-1.

Al Karkh have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. It's not easy to score on Al Karkh as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Al Karkh - Al Minaa Basra 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Al Minaa Basra 4 wins, 2 draws and Al Karkh 2 victories.

Al Minaa Basra missing players

Al Karkh missing players

Al Minaa Basra Al Karkh
Total Home Statistic Away Total
20 10 Played 10 20
17 11 Scored 14 27
21 6 Conceded 9 15
75% 70% Over 0.5 100% 95%
55% 60% Over 1.5 60% 60%
45% 40% Over 2.5 20% 25%
5% 0% Over 3.5 10% 10%
5% 0% Over 4.5 10% 5%
40% 40% Both teams to score 50% 40%
45% 60% Clean Sheet 30% 40%
40% 30% Failed To Score 20% 25%
Key stats this season:
  • Al Karkh hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 15 5 0 43 7 10 8 2 0 22 3 10 7 3 0 21 4 36 50
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 19 12 5 2 30 15 10 6 3 1 17 9 9 6 2 1 13 6 15 41
3 Al Karkh 20 11 5 4 27 15 10 6 2 2 13 6 10 5 3 2 14 9 12 38
4 Al Zawra'a 19 10 7 2 27 19 10 4 6 0 15 9 9 6 1 2 12 10 8 37
5 Naft Maysan 20 9 7 4 30 24 11 7 3 1 22 12 9 2 4 3 8 12 6 34
6 Naft Al-Wasat 20 8 6 6 15 14 11 4 2 5 4 5 9 4 4 1 11 9 1 30
7 Naft 20 7 8 5 33 24 9 3 2 4 15 13 11 4 6 1 18 11 9 29
8 Erbil 20 7 5 8 19 20 10 4 3 3 10 6 10 3 2 5 9 14 -1 26
9 Al Talaba 20 5 10 5 24 20 10 3 6 1 15 10 10 2 4 4 9 10 4 25
10 Al Hudod 20 6 7 7 19 24 10 5 1 4 12 14 10 1 6 3 7 10 -5 25
11 Naft Al-Janoob 20 7 4 9 22 29 10 5 2 3 16 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -7 25
12 Al Kahrabaa 20 5 8 7 20 23 9 1 3 5 8 13 11 4 5 2 12 10 -3 23
13 Al Najaf 20 5 7 8 21 25 9 3 2 4 11 13 11 2 5 4 10 12 -4 22
14 Baghdad 20 5 7 8 17 21 10 2 4 4 6 10 10 3 3 4 11 11 -4 22
15 Al Minaa Basra 20 5 6 9 17 21 10 4 4 2 11 6 10 1 2 7 6 15 -4 21
16 Al Diwaniya 20 3 10 7 16 29 10 2 5 3 8 15 10 1 5 4 8 14 -13 19
17 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 20 3 8 9 12 21 10 1 5 4 6 10 10 2 3 5 6 11 -9 17
18 Al Simawa 20 4 4 12 11 31 10 2 2 6 4 12 10 2 2 6 7 19 -20 16
19 Al Bahri 20 2 9 9 15 26 10 0 6 4 5 10 10 2 3 5 10 16 -11 15
20 Al Hussein 20 2 8 10 14 24 10 1 5 4 9 12 10 1 3 6 5 12 -10 14

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