Al Najaf and Al Zawra'a spectators can't wait for Iraqi League clash at Al Najaf Stadium

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Thu 18.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Najaf Stadium (12000 seats)

Al Najaf will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Al Zawra'a.

Al Zawra'a could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Iraqi League game only four sleeps ago.

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Al Najaf form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Al Najaf have to build on here at Al Najaf Stadium.

The home team returns to Al Najaf Stadium after sharing the points with Naft Al-Wasat on their last time out; the Iraqi League game ended 2-2. Before that, Al Najaf had a home game versus Al Bahri which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Al Najaf fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Al Najaf's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Zawra'a form and stats

Al Zawra'a have an excellent away record so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Iraqi League home defeat versus Baghdad with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Al Nassr's place.

Al Zawra'a have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. As opposed to that, Al Zawra'a have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Zawra'a - Al Najaf 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Najaf won 2 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Al Zawra'a has 6 wins.

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Al Najaf Al Zawra'a
Total Home Statistic Away Total
22 10 Played 10 21
24 12 Scored 12 27
27 13 Conceded 10 20
95% 100% Over 0.5 90% 90%
68% 70% Over 1.5 70% 67%
41% 50% Over 2.5 50% 43%
27% 30% Over 3.5 10% 14%
0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 5%
55% 60% Both teams to score 50% 52%
18% 20% Clean Sheet 40% 38%
32% 20% Failed To Score 20% 19%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Al Najaf hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Zawra'a is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Al Najaf is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 22 16 6 0 44 7 11 8 3 0 22 3 11 8 3 0 22 4 37 54
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 21 13 6 2 31 15 10 6 3 1 17 9 11 7 3 1 14 6 16 45
3 Al Karkh 22 12 6 4 30 17 11 7 2 2 15 7 11 5 4 2 15 10 13 42
4 Al Zawra'a 21 10 8 3 27 20 11 4 6 1 15 10 10 6 2 2 12 10 7 38
5 Naft Maysan 22 9 8 5 31 26 12 7 4 1 22 12 10 2 4 4 9 14 5 35
6 Naft 22 8 8 6 36 25 11 4 2 5 18 14 11 4 6 1 18 11 11 32
7 Naft Al-Wasat 22 8 8 6 17 16 12 4 3 5 6 7 10 4 5 1 11 9 1 32
8 Al Talaba 22 6 11 5 29 21 11 4 6 1 19 10 11 2 5 4 10 11 8 29
9 Naft Al-Janoob 22 8 5 9 23 29 11 6 2 3 17 15 11 2 3 6 6 14 -6 29
10 Erbil 22 7 6 9 19 24 11 4 4 3 10 6 11 3 2 6 9 18 -5 27
11 Al Najaf 22 6 8 8 24 27 10 4 2 4 12 13 12 2 6 4 12 14 -3 26
12 Baghdad 22 6 8 8 18 21 11 2 5 4 6 10 11 4 3 4 12 11 -3 26
13 Al Hudod 22 6 8 8 20 28 11 5 2 4 13 15 11 1 6 4 7 13 -8 26
14 Al Minaa Basra 22 5 8 9 20 24 11 4 5 2 12 7 11 1 3 7 8 17 -4 23
15 Al Kahrabaa 22 5 8 9 22 27 10 1 3 6 8 14 12 4 5 3 14 13 -5 23
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 22 4 9 9 14 21 11 2 5 4 8 10 11 2 4 5 6 11 -7 21
17 Al Diwaniya 22 3 11 8 16 30 11 2 6 3 8 15 11 1 5 5 8 15 -14 20
18 Al Simawa 22 5 4 13 14 34 11 3 2 6 6 13 11 2 2 7 8 21 -20 19
19 Al Hussein 22 3 8 11 17 28 11 2 5 4 12 14 11 1 3 7 5 14 -11 17
20 Al Bahri 22 2 10 10 17 29 11 0 7 4 7 12 11 2 3 6 10 17 -12 16

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