There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Al Shorta leading Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya by 21 points.
- Al Shorta has the most clean sheets (12) in Iraqi League
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya has the fewest scored goals (8) in Iraqi League
The hosts Al Shorta saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Iraqi League. That game was an away game at Naft Al-Janoob, so at least Shorta are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Iraqi League, have collected 17 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 4-5-0. The Al Shorta fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Al-Shaab Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Shorta has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat. Shorta has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Al Diwaniya defeat 79 days ago.
The Al Shorta goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 493 minutes without conceding a goal in the Iraqi League.
A strong away win for Al Shorta against Naft Al-Janoob the last match. In the match before that, Shorta hosted Al Kahrabaa and drew the game 0-0.
Shorta has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Shorta have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Iraqi League, so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya's previous game versus Erbil (placed 15th), a Iraqi League 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Karkh wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Alkahrabaiya are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Alkahrabaiya rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - one - zero (Al Shorta wins - draws - Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Al Shorta missing players
Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya missing players
| Al Shorta | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 8.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 42% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
- Al Shorta has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta has the most clean sheets (12) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have scored more than double the goals of Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya.
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Iraqi League
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya has the fewest scored goals (8) in Iraqi League
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Iraqi League
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya have yet to win a game away.
- Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 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 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 |