It's game two of the Iraqi League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Al Zawra'a-Naft!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Iraqi League.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al Zawra'a form and stats
0-0 away at Baghdad before that.
Last season, Al Zawra'a's league statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Iraqi League. Over these three matches they scored 2 goals and conceded 0. Playing at home last season Al Zawra'a managed 2-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 2 goals and 0 conceded.
Naft form and stats
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 415 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
A 0-0 draw at Naft Al-Janoob's stadium before that.
Let's have a look at how Naft performed last season in the Iraqi League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 6 and conceded 1 goal in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 4/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zawra'a two wins, six draws and Naft two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Al Zawra'a missing players
Naft missing players
| Al Zawra'a | Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Zawra'a | Last season | Naft | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 11 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 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 Al-Wasat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Erbil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Naft | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Diwaniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al-Qasim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Shorta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Zawra'a | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Hudod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Al Talaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Zakho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Al Kahrabaa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Al Najaf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Baghdad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Al Simawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -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 | Naft | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Najaf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Minaa Basra | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Hudod | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Erbil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Baghdad | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | Naft Maysan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 |