Al Najaf hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 37 points and a 15th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Al Hudod holds 13th 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.
Al Najaf form and stats
The story so far for Al Najaf at their home stadium (Al Najaf Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.The Al Najaf crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Hudod here at Al Najaf Stadium in a Iraqi League match. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Erbil the opponent.
Al Najaf has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Al Najaf have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Al Hudod form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Hudod's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 17 away games. Al Hudod only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 8 draws.It's the second away game in a row for Al Hudod, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Al Najaf in the Iraqi League last time out. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Baghdad wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Hudod as they have only managed to score 9 times from 17 away games. As opposed to that, Al Hudod have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Najaf - Al Hudod 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Al Najaf victories, 2 draws and 5 Al Hudod wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
Shareef Abd Al Kathem 9 goals | ![]() R. Oulabi 7 goals | ![]() Taher Hameed 5 goals |
Al Najaf missing players
Al Hudod missing players
| Al Najaf | Al Hudod | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Played | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Drew | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 33 | 18 | 9 | Scored | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 38 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | 3 | 19 | 37 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 60% | 82% | 82% |
| 61% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 40% | 53% | 56% |
| 36% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 24% | 32% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 6% | 6% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 52% | 62% | 83% | BTTS | 20% | 35% | 41% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 60% | 29% | 35% |
| 36% | 25% | 17% | Failed To Score | 60% | 53% | 41% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Hudod have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Najaf have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Najaf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 02-05-19 | | Al Najaf | 3 - 2 | Al Talaba |
| 09-05-19 | | Al Najaf | 1 - 2 | Naft Al-Janoob |
| 15-05-19 | | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 0 - 1 | Al Najaf |
| 21-05-19 | | Al Najaf | 1 - 1 | Al Kahrabaa |
| 27-05-19 | | Naft Maysan | 3 - 2 | Al Najaf |
| 01-06-19 | | Al Najaf | 0 - 1 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
| 14-06-19 | | Al Hussein | 0 - 0 | Al Najaf |
| 19-06-19 | | Al Najaf | 1 - 1 | Al Diwaniya |
| 24-06-19 | | Erbil | 0 - 0 | Al Najaf |
| 30-06-19 | | Al Najaf | 0 - 1 | Al Hudod |
| 10-05-19 | | Al Hudod | 1 - 1 | Naft Maysan |
| 17-05-19 | | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 2 - 1 | Al Hudod |
| 23-05-19 | | Al Hudod | 0 - 0 | Al Hussein |
| 28-05-19 | | Al Hudod | 0 - 0 | Al Diwaniya |
| 02-06-19 | | Erbil | 3 - 0 | Al Hudod |
| 14-06-19 | | Al Hudod | 3 - 0 | Al Simawa |
| 20-06-19 | | Al Hudod | 1 - 2 | Al Shorta |
| 25-06-19 | | Baghdad | 1 - 0 | Al Hudod |
| 30-06-19 | | Al Najaf | 0 - 1 | Al Hudod |
| 07-07-19 | | Al Hudod | 14:00 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 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 |