This match has been long awaited by fans of both teams, as it's the first Iraqi League game of the season. Both Baghdad and Al Kahrabaa are ready for a bright start to their league season.
Baghdad form and stats
In the previous season, Baghdad's league stats were 13 wins, 11 draws and 14 losses, producing 7th spot in the Iraqi League. During these 38 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 32. Performing at home in the last season Baghdad delivered 5-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 15 conceded.
Al Kahrabaa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Kahrabaa performed last season in the Iraqi League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 17 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 10 and lost 6 with 20/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Baghdad wins - draws - Al Kahrabaa wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Baghdad missing players
Al Kahrabaa missing players
| Baghdad | Al Kahrabaa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Baghdad | Last season | Al Kahrabaa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 10 | 17 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 45% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 24% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 3% | ||
| 32% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 45% | ||
| 39% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 26% | ||
| 42% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 42% | ||
| 2.7 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | ||
| 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 Diwaniya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Kahrabaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Karkh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Minaa Basra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Shorta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Sinaah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Talaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Zawra'a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Al-Qasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Baghdad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Erbil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Naft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Naft Al-Wasat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Naft Maysan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Newroz SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Samaraa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Zakho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 39 | 83 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 74 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 72 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 63 |
| 6 | Naft | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 53 |
| 7 | Baghdad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 50 |
| 8 | Al Minaa Basra | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Zakho | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 46 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 45 |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 44 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 44 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -10 | 43 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 41 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 39 |
| 18 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 37 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 38 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 31 |
| 20 | Al Simawa | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 26 |