Three points is the only outcome that will please the Al Shorta fans in this battle with Al-Qasim, seeing as they have a robust lead on the opposition in the Iraqi League table.
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+12) in Iraqi League
- Al-Qasim have the most conceded goals (9) away in Iraqi League
Al-Qasim could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Iraqi League game only four sleeps ago.
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta have played 5 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
The Shorta goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 403 minutes without conceding a goal in the Iraqi League.
A good away victory last time out for Shorta, who won 1-0 against Al Sinaah (placed 9th).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al Quwa Al Jawiya.Goals decide football matches and Al Shorta are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Al Shorta have conceded only 4 goals.
Al-Qasim form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al-Qasim playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season. With three draws in a row for Al-Qasim the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Al-Qasim delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Baghdad (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Iraqi League game.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Al Minaa Basra.Al-Qasim find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. For Al-Qasim, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the prior two meetings): Shorta won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Al-Qasim got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoAl Shorta missing players
Al-Qasim missing players
| Al Shorta | Al-Qasim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 56% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.4 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 10.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55% | 47% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
- Al Shorta have not yet lost a game.
- Al Shorta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Shorta have scored more than double the goals of Al-Qasim.
- Al Shorta have the most points from losing position (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+12) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shorta is in the best form (6-0-0) in Iraqi League
- Al-Qasim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al-Qasim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al-Qasim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al-Qasim have the most conceded goals (9) away in Iraqi League
- Al-Qasim have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al-Qasim have yet to win a game.
- Al-Qasim haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Shorta | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Janoob | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Zakho | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Sinaah | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Naft | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Erbil | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |