With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Al Talaba fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Karkh.
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Talaba and Al Karkh.
It's quite the trip for Al Karkh when visiting Al Talaba as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba's struggle is real here at Al-Shaab Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 Iraqi League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2.
Stress levels are on the rise for Al Talaba's attacking players as they have now played 204 minutes without scoring in a league game. Mohammed Al Jumaili was their last goal scorer.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Najaf (0-2).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Talaba here at Al-Shaab Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Karkh form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Karkh's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Iraqi League. Al Karkh only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
The attacking players of Karkh have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 217 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Iraqi League home defeat versus Naft with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Shorta wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The attacking power of Karkh when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Karkh in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Al Talaba won five, Al Karkh won four and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Al Talaba missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Al Talaba | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 82% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 90% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 45% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 78% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 29% |
- Al Karkh 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 | Naft Al-Wasat | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Naft Maysan | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Zakho | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Baghdad | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Zawra'a | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Naft | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Talaba | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Diwaniya | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Erbil | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Al Karkh | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Al Minaa Basra | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Naft Al-Janoob | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Al Hudod | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 9 |
| 19 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 20 | Al-Qasim | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |