Baghdad will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Al Shorta.
- Al Shorta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Baghdad form and stats
Baghdad's results here in the Iraqi League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Baghdad here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). From these home matches, Baghdad have conceded only 8 goals.
Al Shorta form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League.
Shorta have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Shorta as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Shorta - Baghdad 2-0. Baghdad-Al Shorta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Baghdad zero wins, Al Shorta ten wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Baghdad missing players
Al Shorta missing players
| Baghdad | Al Shorta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 85% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 15% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 25% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 45% | 30% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 60% | 60% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.9 | 7.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.8 | 8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 29% | 40% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 46% | 35% |
- Al Shorta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Al Najaf | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Zakho | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Naft | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Al Diwaniya | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Erbil | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Al Kahrabaa | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -16 | 18 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 16 |