Struggling Al Simawa will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Talaba in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals (14) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game away.
Al Simawa and Al Talaba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Al Talaba when visiting Simawa as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
Al Simawa form and stats
Al Simawa, who have the most conceded goals (14) in Iraqi League, have collected 6 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 2-0-2. Al Simawa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.
Al Simawa have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. Simawa have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba are happy with their away performances in the Iraqi League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The travelling fans enjoy Talaba's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. The Talaba defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Al Simawa, one draw and eight wins for Al Talaba. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Al Simawa missing players
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| Al Simawa | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 25% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 400% | 100% |
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals (14) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa has the the worst goal difference (-10) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Simawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Talaba have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Talaba have scored more than double the goals of Al Simawa.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Naft | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Erbil | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Zakho | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Al Minaa Basra | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Al Najaf | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Karkh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Al Simawa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Al-Qasim | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 20 | Naft Al-Janoob | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |