Baghdad will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Al Najaf.
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Iraqi League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Baghdad form and stats
Baghdad's results here at Bagdad Stadium in the Iraqi League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Baghdad has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue? The last three games played by Baghdad, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Baghdad as they are travelling to their away game against Naft Maysan in the Iraqi League. That match is four days after this one.
Baghdad have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Baghdad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bagdad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Al Najaf form and stats
Al Najaf have an excellent away record in the Iraqi League so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Najaf on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
After this away game Al Najaf return home for a Iraqi League game against Zakho. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Najaf find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Najaf's manager H. Ahmad has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Baghdad-Al Najaf H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Baghdad three wins, Al Najaf two wins, five draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Baghdad missing players
Al Najaf missing players
| Baghdad | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 81% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 44% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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