The Al Quwa Al Jawiya & Al Zawra'a managers Od Barcham and Swadi are both afraid of and feeling excited about this important fixture in the upper part of the Iraqi League league table.
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Zawra'a have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats
This stadium, Al-Shaab Stadium, has been a fortress for Al Quwa Al Jawiya in the Iraqi League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-1.
The fans are hoping that Jawiya will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Iraqi League game against Naft Al-Wasat (placed 3rd).
Before that game, the home loss against Naft with the scoreline 0-1.A decent goal production from Al Quwa Al Jawiya in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Jawiya have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Zawra'a has drawn their two previous away games.
Al Zawra'a's previous game was their home loss versus Al Shorta (1-2).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Naft Al-Wasat.The visiting Zawra'a have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Zawra'a as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Al Quwa Al Jawiya won four games, four matches ended in a draw and Al Zawra'a have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightAl Quwa Al Jawiya missing players
Al Zawra'a missing players
| Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Al Zawra'a | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 59% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 69% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 44% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 12% |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 11.6 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 47% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 35% |
| 8.1 | 7.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Zawra'a have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Al Zawra'a have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Zakho | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Naft | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Baghdad | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Kahrabaa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Erbil | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 12 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 16 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -19 | 4 |
