The home fans plan for three points in this fixture, as the home advantage might do the trick against a stumbling visitor. Al Najaf are in 8th place while the guesting Samaraa panic at 20th.
- Al Najaf have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Samaraa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
Al Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf have played 5 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Najaf lost their last game at Al-Qasim (placed 14th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a win away at Al Sinaah.Najaf have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. 5 goals have been conceded.
Samaraa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Samaraa so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Samaraa are desperate to end a 17-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Al Karkh fixture.
Samaraa are looking to quickly end their 219 minutes long goal drought in the Iraqi League.
Samaraa's previous game was their home loss versus Al Shorta (0-3).
A 0-2 defeat away at Baghdad before that.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Samaraa's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. As opposed to that, Samaraa have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Najaf missing players
Samaraa missing players
| Al Najaf | Samaraa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 73% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 27% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14 | 11.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Al Najaf have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Samaraa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Samaraa have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Najaf have scored home.
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Samaraa have yet to win a game.
- Samaraa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Samaraa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 Shorta | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Naft Al-Basra | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Zakho | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Al Sinaah | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Baghdad | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Naft | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Erbil | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 3 |