The Iraqi League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Al Najaf and Al Minaa Basra are placed 14th and 19th respectively.
Al Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf's first Iraqi League home game here at Karbala Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 3 matches.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Naft Al-Wasat (0-3).
At Karbala Stadium, Al Najaf has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Iraqi League ended in defeat. Last season Al Minaa Basra had these away match statistics: Played 2; won 1, drew 1 and lost 0.
Al Minaa Basra have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Najaf won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Minaa Basra has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourAl Najaf missing players
Al Minaa Basra missing players
| Al Najaf | Al Minaa Basra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Najaf | Last season | Al Minaa Basra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | ||
| 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | ||
| 67% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Karkh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Al Shorta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Erbil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Al Kahrabaa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Naft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Diwaniya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Hudod | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Zakho | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Al Najaf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Janoob | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 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 | Naft | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Najaf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Minaa Basra | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Hudod | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Erbil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Baghdad | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | Naft Maysan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 |