The bragging rights belong to Al Talaba at this point, with the 4th place in the Iraqi League table and eagerly waiting for Al Najaf (who are in 9th).
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf is in the worst form (0-3-3)
It's quite the trip for Al Najaf when visiting Al Talaba as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba are steadily winning Iraqi League games and points here at Al-Shaab Stadium. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Al Talaba shared the glory with Newroz SC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that match was the home game against Zakho that was lost 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Talaba handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Trench warfare? In this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Al Talaba has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Al Talaba have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Najaf form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Al Najaf have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Najaf in their previous game as they lost hosting Erbil, 2-3. A huge disappointment for Al Najaf in their last match (vs Erbil). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. Late heartbreak for Al Najaf in the Erbil match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
Before that, Najaf travelled to Naft Al-Wasat and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Al Najaf are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Najaf's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 8 matches. Al Najaf are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Talaba four wins, two draws and Al Najaf four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Al Talaba missing players
Al Najaf missing players
| Al Talaba | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 67% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 56% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 12% | 33% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 39% |
| 22% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 11.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 54% | 59% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | 83% |
| 7.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 9.2 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
- Al Najaf have the most points from losing position (10) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Najaf is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Najaf have scored away.
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Al Kahrabaa | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Duhok | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Al Karkh | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Najaf | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Naft Al-Basra | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Al Hudod | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Newroz SC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Zakho | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Karbala | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Wasat | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Erbil | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Naft | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -25 | 6 |
