Get ready for a football party when Al Minaa Basra welcomes Al Shorta. Read all about the match here!
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+29) in Iraqi League
The visiting Al Shorta played their last game only four days ago, a Iraqi League match.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
Al Minaa Basra have collected 22 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 6-4-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
The Minaa goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 264 minutes without conceding a goal in the Iraqi League.
Minaa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Minaa have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Shorta form and stats
Playing away, Al Shorta, who have the the best goal difference (+29) in Iraqi League, have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Iraqi League this season.
Al Shorta have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Shorta - Minaa 4-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Minaa won four, Al Shorta won four and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Al Minaa Basra missing players
Al Shorta missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Al Shorta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 32 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 48 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 87% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 63% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 20% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 13% | 20% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 37% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 53% | 53% |
| 30% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 10.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| 47% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 47% | 37% |
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+29) in Iraqi League
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 63 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 58 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 57 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 30 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 50 |
| 6 | Zakho | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 41 |
| 7 | Naft | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Baghdad | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 39 |
| 9 | Al Minaa Basra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 37 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 36 |
| 13 | Erbil | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -2 | 32 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 31 |
| 15 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 30 |
| 16 | Al Kahrabaa | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 18 | Al Talaba | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 28 |
| 19 | Al Simawa | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -27 | 24 |
| 20 | Al Hudod | 30 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 23 |