Al Talaba have performed better than Al Najaf so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Al Talaba has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Iraqi League
Al Najaf could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Iraqi League game only four sleeps ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Najaf have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba have played 5 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Talaba, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Naft Al-Wasat that ended 2-2.
Talaba aren't scoring a lot here at Al-Shaab Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Talaba have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Al Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Iraqi League, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Iraqi League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Naft in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Shorta that ended 0-0.
Najaf are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Najaf are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Talaba won three, Al Najaf won three and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Al Talaba missing players
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| Al Talaba | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | 7.3 |
| 1.8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the most clean sheets (6) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have scored more than double the goals of Al Najaf.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Naft Maysan | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Kahrabaa | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Naft | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Erbil | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Al Najaf | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Karkh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | Al Diwaniya | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Zakho | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Al Minaa Basra | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Al Simawa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Janoob | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 6 |