The visiting Naft Al-Wasat side should be favourites in this visit to Al Simawa, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals (27) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat has the most points from losing position (12) 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 Simawa form and stats
Overall Iraqi League stats at home this season for Al Simawa, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Iraqi League, are 4-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Simawa here at Al Samawah Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Simawa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Samawah Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Naft Al-Wasat, who have the most scored goals (13) away in Iraqi League, have produced an overall stat of 4-6-0 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Hudod game have they lost an away game, meaning Naft Al-Wasat has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
The visiting Naft Al-Wasat have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Al-Wasat are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Naft Al-Wasat - Simawa 5-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Simawa won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Naft Al-Wasat has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixAl Simawa missing players
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
| Al Simawa | Naft Al-Wasat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 27 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 53% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 63% |
| 26% | 10% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 32% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 16% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 53% |
| 37% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 32% |
| 47% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13.3 | 11.3 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 36% |
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals (27) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Iraqi League
- Al Simawa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Naft Al-Wasat has the most points from losing position (12) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat has the most scored goals (13) away in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have not yet lost a game away.
- Naft Al-Wasat 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 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Zakho | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Naft | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Erbil | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Talaba | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 15 |