The Iraqi League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Al Talaba and Naft Maysan are placed 12th and 15th respectively.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for Naft Maysan when visiting Al Talaba as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Al Talaba form and stats
The first Iraqi League game here at Al-Shaab Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Al Talaba's home game statistics were 0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 1 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Najaf in the Iraqi League last time out and are looking for a win here.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Talaba, as the Iraqi League home game vs Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya is only four days away.
At Al-Shaab Stadium, Al Talaba has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Naft Maysan form and stats
It's not happening yet for Naft Maysan on their Iraqi League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three has not been a lucky number for Naft Maysan as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Al Quwa Al Jawiya match. Naft Maysan has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Naft Maysan have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 238 minutes ago. Ahmad Saeed was the goal scorer.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Naft Maysan has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Talaba four wins, two draws and Naft Maysan four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Al Talaba missing players
Naft Maysan missing players
| Al Talaba | Naft Maysan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| Al Talaba | Last season | Naft Maysan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Hudod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Erbil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Minaa Basra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Shorta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Naft Al-Janoob | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Al Talaba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Al Kahrabaa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Naft Maysan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Minaa Basra | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Naft | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Erbil | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Shorta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Al Hudod | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Al Talaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Zakho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |