Iraqi League: Al Sinaah - Al Najaf pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Sina'a Stadium (6000 seats)

Al Sinaah are set for a new task after their 0-1 vs Al Shorta previously. Al Najaf are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Al Sinaah have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Iraqi League
  • Al Najaf have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Iraqi League game only four days ago.

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Al Sinaah form and stats

When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Al Sinaah have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

The Sinaah crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Shorta here at Al Sina'a Stadium in a Iraqi League match.

Before that, Sinaah played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Baghdad.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sinaah here at Al Sina'a Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). As for guarding their own goal, Sinaah have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Al Najaf form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League. Al Najaf love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Najaf have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Iraqi League.

Al Najaf won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Naft Al-Wasat.

Najaf are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. Najaf are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Al Sinaah victories, six draws and four Al Najaf wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Al Sinaah missing players

Al Najaf missing players

Al Sinaah Al Najaf
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
3 3 1 Won W 1 2 3
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
5 3 1 Scored S 1 2 3
6 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
78% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 75%
22% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 12%
11% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 12%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
22% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
56% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 62%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 62%
 
4 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
5.8 3.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2.6 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 10.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
1.4 2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
57% 50% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
11 10 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
1.2 1.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Najaf have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Sinaah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Sinaah have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Iraqi League
  • Al Sinaah haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Shorta 9 8 1 0 17 5 5 4 1 0 10 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 12 25
2 Al Zawra'a 8 7 0 1 13 4 5 5 0 0 9 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 9 21
3 Naft Al-Wasat 9 7 0 2 12 4 5 4 0 1 7 1 4 3 0 1 5 3 8 21
4 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 9 6 1 2 12 4 4 4 0 0 6 1 5 2 1 2 6 3 8 19
5 Naft Al-Janoob 9 5 2 2 17 11 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 3 1 1 10 5 6 17
6 Al Talaba 9 5 1 3 15 10 5 4 1 0 11 5 4 1 0 3 4 5 5 16
7 Zakho 9 4 3 2 12 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 15
8 Al Najaf 9 4 2 3 6 6 5 2 1 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 14
9 Al Sinaah 9 3 3 3 5 6 4 3 0 1 3 1 5 0 3 2 2 5 -1 12
10 Al Kahrabaa 9 2 5 2 8 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 3 1 6 5 1 11
11 Naft 9 2 5 2 5 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 4 5 -1 11
12 Naft Maysan 9 2 4 3 5 9 5 2 1 2 5 7 4 0 3 1 0 2 -4 10
13 Newroz SC 9 2 2 5 8 13 4 1 2 1 3 5 5 1 0 4 5 8 -5 8
14 Erbil 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 0 3 2 3 6 -4 7
15 Baghdad 9 1 4 4 7 12 4 0 3 1 3 5 5 1 1 3 4 7 -5 7
16 Al Karkh 9 0 6 3 4 7 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 0 4 1 2 3 -3 6
17 Al-Qasim 9 0 6 3 7 12 5 0 5 0 3 3 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 6
18 Al Minaa Basra 9 0 5 4 5 12 5 0 4 1 3 5 4 0 1 3 2 7 -7 5
19 Al Diwaniya 8 1 1 6 6 16 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 0 0 4 1 8 -10 4
20 Samaraa 9 0 3 6 5 13 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 0 2 3 3 6 -8 3