Here's everything you must know, and then some, before the Al Minaa Basra - Al Najaf match!
- Al Minaa Basra have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
With 0 Iraqi League wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Al Minaa Basra are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Al Minaa Basra who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Erbil, 100 days ago.
Minaa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Al Shorta.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Baghdad.Al Minaa Basra have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Minaa Basra's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Najaf form and stats
4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Najaf in their Iraqi League matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Karkh (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The Iraqi League match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 0-1 loss hosting Newroz SC before that.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Najaf are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Minaa won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Al Najaf managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveAl Minaa Basra missing players
Al Najaf missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 87% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 87% |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 12% | 7% |
| 13% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 62% | 60% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 6.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1 |
- Al Minaa Basra have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Iraqi League
- Al Minaa Basra have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Minaa Basra have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Minaa Basra have yet to win a game.
- Al Najaf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Zakho | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Sinaah | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Naft | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 17 | Erbil | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Al Karkh | 15 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 9 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 4 |
