Al Minaa Basra hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 23 points and a 14th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Naft Al-Wasat holds 7th place with 32 pts.
Al Minaa Basra and Naft Al-Wasat 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.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Al Minaa Basra have to build on here at Basra Sport City Stadium.Al Minaa Basra drew their last game, 2-2 away at Al Bahri. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Karkh that ended 1-1.
Al Minaa Basra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 12 goals in 11 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 7 from 11 matches.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Najaf game have they lost an away game, meaning Naft Al-Wasat has taken points from nine away matches in a row.There were no winners in Naft Al-Wasat's previous match, a Iraqi League home game that ended 2-2 vs Al Najaf. A 0-0 draw at Baghdad's stadium before that.
Naft Al-Wasat are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Naft Al-Wasat as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Naft Al-Wasat - Al Minaa Basra 0-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 2 - 3 - 0 (Al Minaa Basra wins - draws - Naft Al-Wasat wins).Al Minaa Basra missing players
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Naft Al-Wasat | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | Played | 10 | 22 |
| 20 | 12 | Scored | 11 | 17 |
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | 9 | 16 |
| 77% | 73% | Over 0.5 | 70% | 77% |
| 59% | 64% | Over 1.5 | 70% | 36% |
| 45% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 10% | 9% |
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 45% | Both teams to score | 60% | 32% |
| 41% | 55% | Clean Sheet | 30% | 41% |
| 36% | 27% | Failed To Score | 40% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Naft Al-Wasat is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Karkh | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Naft | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Naft Al-Wasat | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Al Talaba | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Erbil | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Al Najaf | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Baghdad | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Al Minaa Basra | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Al Kahrabaa | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Al Diwaniya | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 19 |
| 19 | Al Hussein | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Al Bahri | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 16 |