Al Zawra'a are placed 4th, while Naft are dragging their feet 15 points behind in the league standings. Will they trim the gap?
- Al Zawra'a have won all their matches at home so far.
- Naft have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Iraqi League
This is a local fight, usually meaning increased mental strain and significance.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
Al Zawra'a have been very solid at home in the Iraqi League so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table. After failing to beat Al Sinaah here at Al-Shaab Stadium, Zawra'a has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
A strong away win for Al Zawra'a against Zakho the last match.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Karkh in a game that was won 2-1.Zawra'a have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Shaab Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Zawra'a have only let in 3 goals at home.
Naft form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Naft have produced an overall stat of 1-4-1 so far.
The attacking players of Naft have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 346 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Naft goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 248 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Naft's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Naft Al-Basra that finished 0-0.
Before that, Naft travelled to Erbil and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Al Zawra'a-Naft H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zawra'a one win, Naft two wins, seven draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Zawra'a missing players
Naft missing players
| Al Zawra'a | Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 45% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8 | 7.4 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
- 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.
- Al Zawra'a have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Zawra'a have scored more than double the goals of Naft.
- Al Zawra'a have won all their matches at home so far.
- Al Zawra'a haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Naft have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Iraqi League
- 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Naft Al-Basra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Zakho | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Naft | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Erbil | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 5 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 3 |