An important duel in the bottom section of the Iraqi League, with both Al Minaa Basra and Al Talaba experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 14th place.
- Al Talaba is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Al Minaa Basra and Al Talaba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Al Talaba when visiting Al Minaa Basra as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Iraqi League this season. Al Minaa Basra have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here. Al Minaa Basra are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
Minaa aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Minaa have conceded 7 goals.
Al Talaba form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Talaba in their Iraqi League matches away. With the Talaba losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Al Talaba are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Al Talaba aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Zolfakar Ayed was the last player to find the net.
The attacking power of Talaba when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Talaba have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Minaa four wins, three draws and Al Talaba three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Al Minaa Basra missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 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 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
| 62% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 47% |
- Al Talaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Talaba is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Naft | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Zakho | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Erbil | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Karkh | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Al Diwaniya | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Al Talaba | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Simawa | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -13 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Al Minaa Basra | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Janoob | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 10 |