This looks to be quite the interesting battle at Al Najaf Stadium in the Iraqi League. Al Najaf is in 6th place and receive Al Kahrabaa in 8th place. Read about the fixture here!
Al Najaf and Al Kahrabaa 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 Najaf form and stats
The hosts won their first Iraqi League game here at Al Najaf Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Najaf last season were 10 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses from 19 games.
Najaf lost their last game at Al Talaba (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Al Najaf won a home game hosting Al-Qasim (1-0).Al Najaf has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Kahrabaa form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Iraqi League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 10 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.
Al Kahrabaa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Shorta proved too strong as Kahrabaa slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Al Taji Stadium.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Baghdad.2 goals so far away for Al Kahrabaa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Najaf won three games, seven matches ended in a draw and Al Kahrabaa have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixAl Najaf missing players
Al Kahrabaa missing players
| Al Najaf | Al Kahrabaa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Al Najaf | Last season | Al Kahrabaa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 10 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 87% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 58% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 24% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 3% | ||
| 37% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 45% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 26% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 42% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | ||
| 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-Janoob | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Zakho | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Zawra'a | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Kahrabaa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Naft | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Al Karkh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Erbil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Al Sinaah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Al Minaa Basra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 39 | 83 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 74 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 72 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 63 |
| 6 | Naft | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 53 |
| 7 | Baghdad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 50 |
| 8 | Al Minaa Basra | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Zakho | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 46 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 45 |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 44 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 44 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -10 | 43 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 41 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 39 |
| 18 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 37 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 38 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 31 |
| 20 | Al Simawa | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 26 |