This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, ups and downs giving mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for Al Talaba - Naft!
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Naft have not yet lost a game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
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 have played 4 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Talaba faced defeat in their previous match, away at Zakho (0-2).
Ahead of that match, Al Talaba won a home game hosting Naft Al-Basra (3-2).With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Talaba's attacking play is working. Talaba have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Naft form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Naft have produced an overall stat of 1-3-0 so far.
214 minutes! That's how long the Naft goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Al Diwaniya in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Najaf with the score of 1-0.The attacking power of Naft when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Naft's manager has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Talaba won one game, three matches ended in a draw and Naft managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixAl Talaba missing players
Naft missing players
| Al Talaba | Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 38% |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1 |
- Al Talaba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Talaba have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Talaba have scored more than double the goals of Naft.
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naft have not yet lost a game away.
- Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Naft have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Basra | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Zakho | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Talaba | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Sinaah | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Naft | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Najaf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Erbil | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 2 |