Al Minaa Basra vs Naft: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Basra Sport City Stadium (65000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Basra Sport City Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Al Minaa Basra languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Naft will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Naft has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Iraqi League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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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 2 losses from their games here at Basra Sport City Stadium. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Minaa to get some points in this home game.

Minaa have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Minaa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Naft form and stats

2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Naft in their Iraqi League matches away.

Naft have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Naft as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Minaa won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Naft has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Al Minaa Basra missing players

Naft missing players

Al Minaa Basra Naft
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
6 2 2 Lost L 0 2 4
11 4 1 Scored S 4 6 17
17 6 4 Conceded C 0 5 14
77% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
46% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
46% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 23%
31% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 54%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 23%
46% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
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 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.8 7.2
1.4 1.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
60% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 38% 67%
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Naft has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Iraqi League
  • Naft haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Naft Al-Wasat 13 8 3 2 20 9 6 4 0 2 9 4 7 4 3 0 11 5 11 27
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 13 7 4 2 18 7 6 4 1 1 12 4 7 3 3 1 6 3 11 25
3 Al Shorta 13 6 6 1 17 9 7 4 3 0 10 4 6 2 3 1 7 5 8 24
4 Al Zawra'a 13 5 7 1 16 8 6 2 3 1 8 5 7 3 4 0 8 3 8 22
5 Naft Maysan 13 5 6 2 15 13 6 2 4 0 6 4 7 3 2 2 9 9 2 21
6 Zakho 13 5 6 2 11 9 7 3 3 1 6 5 6 2 3 1 5 4 2 21
7 Baghdad 13 5 3 5 9 10 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 4 1 2 5 5 -1 18
8 Erbil 13 4 5 4 14 9 7 3 2 2 11 5 6 1 3 2 3 4 5 17
9 Naft 13 4 5 4 17 14 7 2 3 2 11 9 6 2 2 2 6 5 3 17
10 Al Najaf 12 4 5 3 8 7 7 2 4 1 4 4 5 2 1 2 4 3 1 17
11 Al Diwaniya 13 3 7 3 9 11 7 2 4 1 6 5 6 1 3 2 3 6 -2 16
12 Al Kahrabaa 13 3 6 4 14 13 6 1 3 2 5 6 7 2 3 2 9 7 1 15
13 Al Talaba 13 3 6 4 11 16 7 1 3 3 5 9 6 2 3 1 6 7 -5 15
14 Al Karkh 12 4 2 6 11 13 5 2 0 3 4 6 7 2 2 3 7 7 -2 14
15 Naft Al-Janoob 13 3 4 6 10 15 6 2 1 3 5 6 7 1 3 3 5 9 -5 13
16 Al Hudod 13 2 6 5 12 16 6 1 2 3 7 9 7 1 4 2 5 7 -4 12
17 Al Simawa 13 3 3 7 8 22 7 3 2 2 4 5 6 0 1 5 4 17 -14 12
18 Al Minaa Basra 13 2 5 6 11 17 6 1 3 2 4 6 7 1 2 4 7 11 -6 11
19 Al-Qasim 13 2 4 7 12 17 7 2 2 3 9 10 6 0 2 4 3 7 -5 10
20 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 13 1 7 5 6 14 7 1 5 1 3 5 6 0 2 4 3 9 -8 10