It's still early in the Iraqi League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Al Shorta - Naft Al-Wasat preview!
- Al Shorta has the most points (7) at home in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat has the most scored goals (10) in Iraqi League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta, who have the most points (7) at home in Iraqi League, have collected seven points from their first three Iraqi League games here at Karbala Stadium, a promising start. Shorta has recorded two wins in a row here at Karbala Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Al Shorta are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. As for guarding their own goal, Shorta have only let in 1 goal at home.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
Naft Al-Wasat are yet to lose a point on their Iraqi League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Al-Wasat goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 226 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Karkh at their stadium, the result 1-0.
It's early days yet, but Naft Al-Wasat has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Shorta, one draw and zero wins for Naft Al-Wasat. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Al Shorta missing players
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
| Al Shorta | Naft Al-Wasat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
- Al Shorta has the most points (7) at home in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have not yet lost a game at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat has the most scored goals (10) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat has the the best goal difference (+8) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored more than double the goals of Al Shorta.
- Naft Al-Wasat have won all their away games so far.
- Naft Al-Wasat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Al Shorta | Last season | Naft Al-Wasat | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Naft Al-Wasat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Naft | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Erbil | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Shorta | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Karkh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Naft Maysan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Diwaniya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Najaf | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Simawa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Al Kahrabaa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Zakho | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Al Minaa Basra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Janoob | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |