Delightful dogfight as daring Al Zawra'a duel with determined Al Talaba

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Mon 29.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shaab Stadium (40000 seats)

Al Zawra'a and Al Talaba are both successful in the Iraqi League with their 3rd and 5th places respectively. Let's hope for a great game!

Insights:
  • Al Zawra'a have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Iraqi League

It's quite the trip for Al Talaba when visiting Al Zawra'a as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zawra'a and Al Talaba.

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Al Zawra'a form and stats

Al Zawra'a are steadily winning Iraqi League games and points here at Al-Shaab Stadium. 9 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games. days ago.

Al Zawra'a drew their last game, also a home match. Al Talaba (placed 5th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Karbala the opponent.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zawra'a's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 10 games, won 6 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Observe: 14 of the latest 17 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Al Zawra'a fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. Zawra'a have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Talaba form and stats

The visitors are W7-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League.

Al Talaba are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Zawra'a (placed 3rd).

Before that, Talaba secured a home win against Erbil with the score 3-1.

The visiting Al Talaba have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 15 games. Talaba have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Talaba have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Al Zawra'a.

Al Talaba - Al Zawra'a 1-0 was the product when this pair of participants formerly did battle, earlier this season.

Al Zawra'a missing players

Al Talaba missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Zawra'a Al Talaba
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 2 Played P 4 16 31
15 9 1 Won W 2 7 14
13 6 1 Drew D 1 5 9
3 0 0 Lost L 1 4 8
45 23 2 Scored S 6 21 41
27 11 1 Conceded C 3 16 31
90% 87% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
65% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 81% 77%
42% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 39%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 19%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 52%
35% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 32%
16% 13% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 19% 19%
 
3.9 3.9 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.8 4.2
2.7 2.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.2 2.8
1.1 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.4
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.7 9.5 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 5.1 7.3
2.7 3.1 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.3 1.6
55% 50% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 95% 79%
 
4.9 5.9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 5.2 5.6
1.5 1.9 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 1.4 1.4
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Iraqi League
  • Al Talaba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Zawra'a have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Zawra'a have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Zawra'a 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 Quwa Al Jawiya 30 18 8 4 52 19 16 9 4 3 29 13 14 9 4 1 23 6 33 62
2 Al Shorta 30 18 7 5 48 22 15 10 4 1 23 8 15 8 3 4 25 14 26 61
3 Al Zawra'a 30 15 12 3 45 27 14 9 5 0 23 11 16 6 7 3 22 16 18 57
4 Al Kahrabaa 31 14 9 8 40 31 16 6 6 4 18 15 15 8 3 4 22 16 9 51
5 Al Talaba 30 14 8 8 41 31 15 7 4 4 20 15 15 7 4 4 21 16 10 50
6 Duhok 31 11 12 8 27 28 15 7 6 2 16 10 16 4 6 6 11 18 -1 45
7 Karbala 31 12 8 11 30 27 16 9 5 2 22 11 15 3 3 9 8 16 3 44
8 Al Najaf 31 11 10 10 34 31 16 7 4 5 23 18 15 4 6 5 11 13 3 43
9 Al Karkh 30 11 9 10 34 29 16 6 5 5 21 18 14 5 4 5 13 11 5 42
10 Al Hudod 31 8 18 5 32 28 15 4 9 2 16 12 16 4 9 3 16 16 4 42
11 Naft Maysan 31 11 9 11 34 43 16 8 6 2 18 15 15 3 3 9 16 28 -9 42
12 Newroz SC 31 11 8 12 35 35 16 9 3 4 26 19 15 2 5 8 9 16 0 41
13 Erbil 30 10 9 11 30 34 14 6 4 4 13 13 16 4 5 7 17 21 -4 39
14 Naft Al-Janoob 30 8 12 10 28 31 15 4 4 7 11 18 15 4 8 3 17 13 -3 36
15 Naft Al-Wasat 30 5 18 7 22 23 15 3 9 3 12 11 15 2 9 4 10 12 -1 33
16 Zakho 30 7 12 11 29 31 14 4 7 3 13 12 16 3 5 8 16 19 -2 33
17 Al-Qasim 31 7 11 13 26 33 16 4 5 7 11 15 15 3 6 6 15 18 -7 32
18 Naft 30 6 9 15 30 42 15 2 5 8 16 23 15 4 4 7 14 19 -12 27
19 Al Sinaah 30 6 5 19 18 43 15 3 3 9 9 18 15 3 2 10 9 25 -25 23
20 Al Diwaniya 30 1 6 23 19 66 14 1 2 11 7 32 16 0 4 12 12 34 -47 9

Table
  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 Quwa Al Jawiya 30 18 8 4 52 19 16 9 4 3 29 13 14 9 4 1 23 6 33 62
2 Al Shorta 30 18 7 5 48 22 15 10 4 1 23 8 15 8 3 4 25 14 26 61
3 Al Zawra'a 30 15 12 3 45 27 14 9 5 0 23 11 16 6 7 3 22 16 18 57
4 Al Kahrabaa 31 14 9 8 40 31 16 6 6 4 18 15 15 8 3 4 22 16 9 51
5 Al Talaba 30 14 8 8 41 31 15 7 4 4 20 15 15 7 4 4 21 16 10 50
6 Duhok 31 11 12 8 27 28 15 7 6 2 16 10 16 4 6 6 11 18 -1 45
7 Karbala 31 12 8 11 30 27 16 9 5 2 22 11 15 3 3 9 8 16 3 44
8 Al Najaf 31 11 10 10 34 31 16 7 4 5 23 18 15 4 6 5 11 13 3 43
9 Al Karkh 30 11 9 10 34 29 16 6 5 5 21 18 14 5 4 5 13 11 5 42
10 Al Hudod 31 8 18 5 32 28 15 4 9 2 16 12 16 4 9 3 16 16 4 42
11 Naft Maysan 31 11 9 11 34 43 16 8 6 2 18 15 15 3 3 9 16 28 -9 42
12 Newroz SC 31 11 8 12 35 35 16 9 3 4 26 19 15 2 5 8 9 16 0 41
13 Erbil 30 10 9 11 30 34 14 6 4 4 13 13 16 4 5 7 17 21 -4 39
14 Naft Al-Janoob 30 8 12 10 28 31 15 4 4 7 11 18 15 4 8 3 17 13 -3 36
15 Naft Al-Wasat 30 5 18 7 22 23 15 3 9 3 12 11 15 2 9 4 10 12 -1 33
16 Zakho 30 7 12 11 29 31 14 4 7 3 13 12 16 3 5 8 16 19 -2 33
17 Al-Qasim 31 7 11 13 26 33 16 4 5 7 11 15 15 3 6 6 15 18 -7 32
18 Naft 30 6 9 15 30 42 15 2 5 8 16 23 15 4 4 7 14 19 -12 27
19 Al Sinaah 30 6 5 19 18 43 15 3 3 9 9 18 15 3 2 10 9 25 -25 23
20 Al Diwaniya 30 1 6 23 19 66 14 1 2 11 7 32 16 0 4 12 12 34 -47 9

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