Receiving guests at their own home is secure and friendly for Al Minaa Basra, but Naft Al-Wasat are fully determined and qualified to go home as winners. Who wins the prize?
- Al Minaa Basra is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- Naft Al-Wasat have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Minaa Basra and Naft Al-Wasat.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
Al Minaa Basra's results here at Al Faihaa Stadium in the Iraqi League have been very modest with 1 victory, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Minaa, who played 3-3 against Naft Al-Wasat. That match was also played at this venue (Al Faihaa Stadium).
Prior to that, an away loss at Naft.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Minaa Basra here at Al Faihaa Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Naft Al-Wasat have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Minaa Basra (placed 19th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Karkh.Naft Al-Wasat have the goal stats of 11-11 (for/against) from 11 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought before this season: Naft Al-Wasat - Minaa 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Minaa Basra three wins, six draws and Naft Al-Wasat one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), ten games had two or less.Al Minaa Basra missing players
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Naft Al-Wasat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 34 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 83% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 38% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 21% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 38% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 7.5 | 8.8 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 30% | 31% |
| 6.1 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.5 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
- Al Minaa Basra have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Iraqi League
- Al Minaa Basra is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- Naft Al-Wasat have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 30 | 64 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 44 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Naft | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Zakho | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Erbil | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Al Sinaah | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Baghdad | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 24 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -24 | 17 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | -23 | 10 |
