Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Al-Shaab Stadium clash with Al Simawa, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Iraqi League table.
It's no vacation for neither Al Shorta nor Al Simawa 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 Shorta form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al-Shaab Stadium as Al Shorta, who have the most points (42) at home in Iraqi League, have scored 39 goals to get 42 points from 17 games. The overall stats are 13-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Al Shorta has won five games in a row. The Al Quwa Al Jawiya match was the last time out without a victory. It’s been three wins in a row for Al Shorta here at Al-Shaab Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.Al Shorta's previous game was a Iraqi League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Al Simawa. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a win away at Al Hudod.
The Al Shorta manager Thair Homi has got the team scoring with 39 from 17 home games. Al Shorta are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Shaab Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 17 matches.
Al Simawa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Simawa, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in Iraqi League, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-12 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Al Simawa who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Al Zawra'a was the last time a defeat was avoided. It's all red in the travel logs of Al Simawa, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.Al Simawa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Al Shorta. A 1-3 loss hosting Al Talaba before that.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Al Simawa's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won 1 of these as expected, 1 of them by at least two goals. Al Simawa managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.
The attacking power of Al Simawa when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored in 17 matches. For Al Simawa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Shorta - Al Simawa 3-1 earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Al Shorta won 4, Al Simawa won 0 and 3 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Al Shorta missing players
Al Simawa missing players
| Al Shorta | Al Simawa | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Played | 5 | 17 | 33 |
| 25 | 13 | 6 | Won | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 69 | 39 | 13 | Scored | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 17 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | 14 | 36 | 54 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 70% | 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 76% | 64% |
| 42% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 76% | 58% |
| 27% | 35% | 17% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 21% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 41% | 17% | BTTS | 40% | 41% | 36% |
| 61% | 59% | 83% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 24% | 27% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed To Score | 60% | 41% | 48% |
| 10 | 9 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Al Shorta have created more than twice as many corners as Al Simawa.
- 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 more than double the goals of Al Simawa.
- Al Shorta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Simawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Al Shorta
| 02-05-19 | | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 0 - 1 | Al Shorta |
| 10-05-19 | | Al Shorta | 5 - 3 | Al Kahrabaa |
| 16-05-19 | | Naft Maysan | 1 - 1 | Al Shorta |
| 23-05-19 | | Al Shorta | 2 - 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
| 28-05-19 | | Al Hussein | 0 - 2 | Al Shorta |
| 01-06-19 | | Al Shorta | 1 - 0 | Al Diwaniya |
| 14-06-19 | | Al Shorta | 2 - 1 | Erbil |
| 20-06-19 | | Al Hudod | 1 - 2 | Al Shorta |
| 26-06-19 | | Al Shorta | 3 - 1 | Al Simawa |
| 02-07-19 | | Al Shorta | 16:15 | Baghdad |
Al Simawa
| 02-05-19 | | Al Hussein | 0 - 1 | Al Simawa |
| 09-05-19 | | Al Simawa | 1 - 1 | Naft Al-Wasat |
| 16-05-19 | | Al Diwaniya | 3 - 1 | Al Simawa |
| 25-05-19 | | Al Simawa | 0 - 0 | Al Zawra'a |
| 29-05-19 | | Erbil | 3 - 0 | Al Simawa |
| 02-06-19 | | Al Simawa | 0 - 1 | Naft |
| 14-06-19 | | Al Hudod | 3 - 0 | Al Simawa |
| 21-06-19 | | Al Simawa | 1 - 3 | Al Talaba |
| 26-06-19 | | Al Shorta | 3 - 1 | Al Simawa |
| 01-07-19 | | Al Simawa | 14:00 | Naft Al-Janoob |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Al Shorta | 33 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 52 | 82 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 72 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Karkh | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 56 |
| 5 | Naft | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 52 |
| 6 | Naft Maysan | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 50 |
| 7 | Baghdad | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Wasat | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 44 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 43 |
| 10 | Erbil | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -3 | 40 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 40 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 38 |
| 13 | Al Najaf | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 33 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 37 |
| 15 | Al Hudod | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 37 |
| 16 | Al Minaa Basra | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 17 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 32 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 36 | -32 | 27 |
| 19 | Al Hussein | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Bahri | 32 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | -26 | 20 |