The hosting team, Al Zawra'a, should be favourites in this fixture, but Naft Maysan have displayed both talent and heroism. Learn more about the match!
- Al Zawra'a have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Iraqi League
- Al Zawra'a have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Naft Maysan have scored away.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
Al Zawra'a are steadily winning Iraqi League games and points here at Al-Zawraa Stadium. 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
Kdouh was the last player to score a league goal for Al Zawra'a and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Zawra'a haven't scored in 401 minutes. The Al Zawra'a goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the Iraqi League.
The Zawra'a manager Barcham and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Sharjah in the AFC Champions League.
Before that, Al Zawra'a played out a Iraqi League draw 0-0 when visiting Al Kahrabaa.Zawra'a are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Al Zawra'a have conceded only 8 goals.
Naft Maysan form and stats
Naft Maysan have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Iraqi League, after 2-6-4 (12 played).
Naft Maysan have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 214 minutes since they last conceded in Iraqi League.
Naft Maysan play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Samaraa (placed 20th).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Al-Qasim.Goals are few and far between in Maysan's away league games. Only 5 goals from 12 travels. Naft Maysan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams encountered each other previously this campaign: Naft Maysan - Zawra'a 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Zawra'a five wins, five draws and Naft Maysan zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Al Zawra'a missing players
Naft Maysan missing players
| Al Zawra'a | Naft Maysan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 29 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 80% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 58% | 76% |
| 56% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 36% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 36% | 42% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| 56% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 28% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 52% |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.4 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 40% | 43% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
- 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.
- Al Zawra'a have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Naft Maysan have scored away.
- Al Zawra'a have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Iraqi League
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 30 | 67 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 52 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 48 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Naft | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | Zakho | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | Erbil | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 25 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Baghdad | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 25 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -26 | 17 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 26 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 19 | -26 | 10 |
