The visiting Al Najaf side should be favourites in this visit to Al-Qasim, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
- Al-Qasim has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Iraqi League
It's no vacation for neither Al-Qasim nor Al Najaf as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al-Qasim form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Iraqi League this season. Al-Qasim, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Iraqi League, have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Naft Al-Wasat.
Al-Qasim has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Al-Qasim's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf have an excellent away record in the Iraqi League so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. Najaf has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Al Hudod.
There were no winners in Najaf's previous match, a Iraqi League home game that ended 1-1 vs Zakho (placed 6th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Baghdad at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Najaf are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Najaf are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
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| Al-Qasim | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 44% | 44% |
| 33% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 22% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.5 | 7.4 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 50% | 36% |
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Najaf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al-Qasim has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Iraqi League
- Al-Qasim have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Zakho | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Naft | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Al Diwaniya | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 15 | Erbil | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -15 | 17 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Al Hudod | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Talaba | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 14 |