Al Minaa Basra hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 16th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Erbil holds 11th place with 40 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Erbil when visiting Al Minaa Basra as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
Al Minaa Basra have collected 24 points from their home games so far after 5-9-2. In general it's been a long time since Al Minaa Basra tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games.The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Erbil in the Iraqi League last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Diwaniya.
The Al Minaa Basra fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. Al Minaa Basra have only conceded 12 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Erbil form and stats
There's been little loot from Erbil's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games. Erbil only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Minaa Basra in their previous outing. The Iraqi League match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Najaf.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games, an average of less than one per game. Erbil have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Erbil - Al Minaa Basra 1-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 1 Al Minaa Basra victory, 2 draws and 6 Erbil wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() Mohammed Jabbar Shwkan 10 goals | ![]() Mohammed Al Jumaili 9 goals | ![]() E. Junuzovic 5 goals |
Al Minaa Basra missing players
Erbil missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Erbil | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Drew | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Lost | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 31 | 18 | 3 | Scored | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 36 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | 9 | 26 | 32 |
| 76% | 65% | 40% | Over 0.5 | 83% | 82% | 74% |
| 59% | 59% | 40% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 65% | 56% |
| 41% | 35% | 20% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 53% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 17% | 18% | 12% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 47% | 20% | BTTS | 67% | 41% | 26% |
| 35% | 53% | 80% | Clean Sheets | 17% | 29% | 53% |
| 38% | 35% | 60% | Failed To Score | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Erbil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Erbil have created more than twice as many corners as Al Minaa Basra.
- Erbil have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Erbil have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 09-05-19 | | Al Talaba | 2 - 1 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 15-05-19 | | Naft Al-Janoob | 1 - 2 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 20-05-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 2 - 2 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya |
| 26-05-19 | | Al Kahrabaa | 1 - 1 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 01-06-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 1 - 1 | Naft Maysan |
| 15-06-19 | | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 1 - 1 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 19-06-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 3 - 2 | Al Hussein |
| 24-06-19 | | Al Diwaniya | 1 - 0 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 30-06-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 16:15 | Erbil |
| 07-07-19 | | Al Hudod | 14:00 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 10-05-19 | | Erbil | 0 - 0 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
| 17-05-19 | | Erbil | 2 - 0 | Al Hussein |
| 22-05-19 | | Al Diwaniya | 0 - 0 | Erbil |
| 29-05-19 | | Erbil | 3 - 0 | Al Simawa |
| 02-06-19 | | Erbil | 3 - 0 | Al Hudod |
| 14-06-19 | | Al Shorta | 2 - 1 | Erbil |
| 17-06-19 | | Baghdad | 2 - 0 | Erbil |
| 24-06-19 | | Erbil | 0 - 0 | Al Najaf |
| 30-06-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 16:15 | Erbil |
| 06-07-19 | | Erbil | 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 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 52 | 82 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 33 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Karkh | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 56 |
| 5 | Naft | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 52 |
| 6 | Naft Maysan | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 50 |
| 7 | Baghdad | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Wasat | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 44 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 43 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 21 | -2 | 41 |
| 11 | Erbil | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -3 | 40 |
| 12 | Al Diwaniya | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 40 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 40 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 40 |
| 15 | Al Najaf | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 37 |
| 16 | Al Minaa Basra | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 17 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 32 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 36 | -32 | 27 |
| 19 | Al Hussein | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Bahri | 33 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 58 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -28 | 20 |