The visiting Naft Maysan side should be favourites in this visit to Al Minaa Basra, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
Al Minaa Basra have collected 20 points from their home games so far after 4-8-2. So many draws at home for Al Minaa Basra, an amazing four in a row now.Al Minaa Basra drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Kahrabaa. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya that ended 2-2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Iraqi League game versus Baghdad in only one day. This game is also played here at Basra Sport City Stadium.
Al Minaa Basra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 14 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 9 from 14 matches.
Naft Maysan form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Naft Maysan so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-7 (win-draw-lose).Naft Maysan are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Iraqi League against Al Najaf. A 0-1 defeat away at Baghdad before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Naft Maysan manager as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against Naft Al-Janoob.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Naft Maysan as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games. As opposed to that, Naft Maysan have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Minaa Basra and Naft Maysan have met before this season: Naft Maysan - Al Minaa Basra 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Al Minaa Basra victories, 4 draws and 3 Naft Maysan wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Al Minaa Basra missing players
Naft Maysan missing players
| Al Minaa Basra | Naft Maysan | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Drew | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | 4 | 11 | 39 |
| 31 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| 76% | 64% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 59% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 57% | 69% |
| 45% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 75% | 36% | 48% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 28% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 48% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 66% |
| 38% | 57% | 25% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Failed To Score | 25% | 43% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17-04-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 0 - 0 | Naft Al-Wasat |
| 27-04-19 | | Al Zawra'a | 1 - 0 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 03-05-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 0 - 0 | Naft |
| 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 | 19:00 | Naft Maysan |
| 02-06-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 10:30 | Baghdad |
| 08-06-19 | | Al Najaf | 10:30 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 18-04-19 | | Al Hussein | 1 - 0 | Naft Maysan |
| 26-04-19 | | Al Diwaniya | 3 - 1 | Naft Maysan |
| 03-05-19 | | Naft Maysan | 2 - 0 | Erbil |
| 10-05-19 | | Al Hudod | 1 - 1 | Naft Maysan |
| 16-05-19 | | Naft Maysan | 1 - 1 | Al Shorta |
| 22-05-19 | | Baghdad | 1 - 0 | Naft Maysan |
| 27-05-19 | | Naft Maysan | 3 - 2 | Al Najaf |
| 01-06-19 | | Al Minaa Basra | 19:00 | Naft Maysan |
| 02-06-19 | | Naft Al-Janoob | 10:30 | Naft Maysan |
| 08-06-19 | | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 10:30 | Naft Maysan |
| 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 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 45 | 67 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 61 |
| 3 | Al Karkh | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 46 |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Naft Al-Wasat | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Naft | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 39 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 37 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 36 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Al Najaf | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 12 | Erbil | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 31 |
| 15 | Al Diwaniya | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 31 |
| 16 | Al Minaa Basra | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 19 | Al Hussein | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 21 |
| 20 | Al Bahri | 29 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -25 | 17 |