It's early days in the Iraqi League and both Al Najaf and Al Kahrabaa are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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 Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf have only played one Iraqi League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 1 matches.
Al Najaf manager H. Ahmad and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Talaba (placed 10th) in the Iraqi League.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Najaf's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.
Al Kahrabaa form and stats
Al Kahrabaa have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Iraqi League were 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 fixtures.
Al Kahrabaa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Al Zawra'a (placed 5th).
0 goals so far away for Al Kahrabaa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Al Najaf victories, five draws and two Al Kahrabaa wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Al Najaf missing players
Al Kahrabaa missing players
| Al Najaf | Al Kahrabaa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Najaf | Last season | Al Kahrabaa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | ||
| 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | ||
| 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 15 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 8 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Hudod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Erbil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Minaa Basra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Shorta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Talaba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Baghdad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 Minaa Basra | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Naft | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Erbil | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Shorta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Al Hudod | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Al Talaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Zakho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |