Al Simawa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 27 points and a 18th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Al Talaba holds 11th place with 37 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Simawa and Al Talaba.
Al Simawa form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Al Simawa, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in Iraqi League, are 4-4-7 (wins-draw-losses). It's trouble wherever Al Simawa are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Al Simawa are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Al Samawah Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.The Al Simawa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Al Talaba here at Al Samawah Stadium in a Iraqi League match. Heartbreak before that as Al Simawa lost 0-3 at Al Hudod's place.
Al Simawa have scored 10 goals here in 15 matches, not a lot. Al Simawa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba have only collected 12 points from their away games after 2-6-7 (15 played).Al Talaba play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Al Simawa. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Naft.
The attacking power of Al Talaba when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 15 matches. As opposed to that, Al Talaba have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Simawa - Al Talaba 1-3 earlier this season. Al Simawa-Al Talaba H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Simawa 1 win, Al Talaba 8 wins, 1 draw. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Simawa missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Al Simawa | Al Talaba | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Lost | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 51 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | 6 | 23 | 42 |
| 88% | 81% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 60% | 81% | 84% |
| 62% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 50% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| 34% | 31% | 25% | BTTS | 40% | 56% | 62% |
| 28% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | 40% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Failed To Score | 60% | 38% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 24-04-19 | | Al Simawa | 3 - 0 | Al Bahri |
| 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 | 15:00 | Al Simawa |
| 26-04-19 | | Al Talaba | 0 - 0 | Baghdad |
| 02-05-19 | | Al Najaf | 3 - 2 | Al Talaba |
| 09-05-19 | | Al Talaba | 2 - 1 | Al Minaa Basra |
| 16-05-19 | | Al Karkh | 2 - 1 | Al Talaba |
| 22-05-19 | | Al Talaba | 3 - 2 | Al Bahri |
| 28-05-19 | | Naft Al-Wasat | 1 - 1 | Al Talaba |
| 02-06-19 | | Al Zawra'a | 5 - 0 | Al Talaba |
| 16-06-19 | | Al Talaba | 1 - 4 | Naft |
| 21-06-19 | | Al Simawa | 1 - 3 | Al Talaba |
| 25-06-19 | | Naft Al-Janoob | 16:15 | Al Talaba |
| 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 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 50 | 79 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 26 | 69 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Karkh | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 55 |
| 5 | Naft | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 49 |
| 6 | Naft Maysan | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Naft Al-Wasat | 31 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | Baghdad | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 44 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 40 |
| 10 | Erbil | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -3 | 39 |
| 11 | Al Talaba | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | Al Hudod | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 37 |
| 13 | Al Najaf | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 36 |
| 14 | Al Minaa Basra | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 35 |
| 15 | Al Kahrabaa | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 32 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 34 |
| 17 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 32 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 33 | -29 | 27 |
| 19 | Al Hussein | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 22 |
| 20 | Al Bahri | 32 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | -26 | 20 |