Al Simawa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 15th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Baghdad holds 9th place with 20 pts.
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals (23) in Iraqi League
- Baghdad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Simawa form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Al Simawa, who have the most conceded goals (23) in Iraqi League, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. Simawa has recorded two wins in a row here at Al Samawah Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Simawa have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Simawa have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Baghdad form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Baghdad playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Baghdad as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Simawa won one, Baghdad won five and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Al Simawa missing players
Baghdad missing players
| Al Simawa | Baghdad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 87% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 29% | 47% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 13% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 27% |
| 40% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 71% | 47% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 46% |
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals (23) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa has the the worst goal difference (-13) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Baghdad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Naft | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Zakho | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Erbil | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Karkh | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Al Diwaniya | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Al Talaba | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Simawa | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -13 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Al Minaa Basra | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Janoob | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 10 |