The Al Najaf & Zakho managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Iraqi League league table.
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Iraqi League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Najaf form and stats
The story so far in the Iraqi League for Al Najaf at their home stadium (Al Najaf Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The manager H. Ahmad will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al-Qasim in only four days.
Najaf has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 8 games. Najaf have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zakho form and stats
2-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zakho in their Iraqi League matches away. Zakho has drawn their two previous away games.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Iraqi League trip to Naft Maysan.
The attacking power of Zakho when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Zakho as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Najaf wins - draws - Zakho wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Al Najaf missing players
Zakho missing players
| Al Najaf | Zakho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 76% | 62% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 76% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 65% | 62% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 6.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 38% |
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Iraqi League
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Zakho | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Naft | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Erbil | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 15 | Al Diwaniya | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Al Hudod | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 19 | Al Talaba | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 11 |