Al Talaba will aim to operate their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 5 points behind Naft Al-Janoob.
- Al Talaba have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Janoob have not yet lost a game away.
Al Talaba and Naft Al-Janoob should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Naft Al-Janoob, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
Al Talaba form and stats
Al Talaba have collected seven points from their first three Iraqi League games here at Al-Shaab Stadium, a promising start.
In their previous game, led his Al Talaba to a defeat in the Iraqi League match away at Erbil. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al-Shaab Stadium.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Kahrabaa that ended 2-2.A decent goal production from Al Talaba in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Talaba have conceded only 2 goals.
Naft Al-Janoob form and stats
Naft Al-Janoob are happy with their away performances in the Iraqi League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Al-Janoob go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Diwaniya that ended 2-1.
Prior to that result Al-Janoob won their away game at Al Najaf. The scoreline was 4-0.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al-Janoob are regular goalscorers on their travels. Al-Janoob's manager A. Hussain has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Talaba three wins, five draws and Naft Al-Janoob two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Al Talaba missing players
Naft Al-Janoob missing players
| Al Talaba | Naft Al-Janoob | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Al Talaba have created more than twice as many corners as Naft Al-Janoob.
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Talaba have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naft Al-Janoob have not yet lost a game away.
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Janoob | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Zakho | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Al Kahrabaa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Talaba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Naft Maysan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Al Najaf | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Al Sinaah | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Erbil | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Naft | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Al-Qasim | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |