Lots to play for in this fixture, with Al Talaba at 2nd and Al Shorta placed 1st. Read our preview!
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals (37) in Iraqi League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba are steadily winning Iraqi League games and points here at Al-Shaab Stadium. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Happy days for Talaba in their previous game, a fixture away at Baghdad (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Minaa Basra.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Talaba perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Talaba as a small favourite), we find six games. Al Talaba has won two of these, drawn two and lost two.
The Al Talaba fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Talaba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Shaab Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 27 points collected from 9 Iraqi League games. 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Al Shorta who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Talaba.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Al Diwaniya in their previous game.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Al Najaf.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Al Shorta in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Al Shorta, two draws and two defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shorta are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Al Shorta - Al Talaba 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Al Talaba victories, two draws and eight Al Shorta wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Al Talaba missing players
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| Al Talaba | Al Shorta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 37 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 42% |
| 47% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 56% | 58% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.7 | 5.9 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.4 | 9.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| 62% | 82% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 112% | 57% |
| 8.3 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1.9 |
- Al Shorta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Shorta have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most clean sheets (11) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most points (27) away in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most points from losing position (16) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals (19) away in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals (37) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+26) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have won all their away games so far.
- Al Shorta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Shorta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Shorta is in the best form (6-0-0) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Talaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Zakho | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Basra | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Naft | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Erbil | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 4 |
