Betting preview: Erbil vs Al Najaf should be interesting

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Mon 24.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Franso Hariri Stadium (40000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Erbil in 10th and Al Najaf in 13th place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Erbil form and stats

Erbil, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Iraqi League, have collected 28 points from their home games so far after 7-7-3.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Al Najaf in the Iraqi League last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Baghdad (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Erbil perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Erbil as a small favourite), we find one game. Erbil has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Erbil are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 17 matches. Erbil have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Al Najaf form and stats

3-9-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Najaf in their matches away. With three draws in a row for Al Najaf the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Al Najaf has drawn their two previous away games.

Al Najaf has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Erbil for a Iraqi League game that ended a draw (0-0). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Diwaniya.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Al Najaf in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Al Najaf, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Najaf as they have only managed to score 15 times from 17 away games. Al Najaf have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Erbil - Al Najaf 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Erbil won 7 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Al Najaf has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Erbil missing players

Al Najaf missing players

Erbil Al Najaf
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
33 17 5 Played 4 17 32
10 7 2 Won 0 3 8
10 7 2 Drew 2 9 13
13 3 1 Lost 2 5 11
29 18 4 Scored 4 15 33
32 6 2 Conceded 8 17 37
76% 65% 60% Over 0.5 100% 76% 88%
58% 47% 40% Over 1.5 75% 53% 62%
39% 24% 20% Over 2.5 75% 29% 38%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 50% 24% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 6%
27% 12% 20% BTTS 50% 41% 53%
52% 76% 80% Clean Sheets 0% 35% 25%
45% 47% 40% Failed To Score 50% 47% 34%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 6
6 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 3
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Erbil have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Erbil
All AFC Cup Iraqi League
All Home Away
27-04-19 IL Erbil 0 - 0 Al Kahrabaa
03-05-19 IL Naft Maysan 2 - 0 Erbil
10-05-19 IL Erbil 0 - 0 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
17-05-19 IL Erbil 2 - 0 Al Hussein
22-05-19 IL Al Diwaniya 0 - 0 Erbil
29-05-19 IL Erbil 3 - 0 Al Simawa
02-06-19 IL Erbil 3 - 0 Al Hudod
14-06-19 IL Al Shorta 2 - 1 Erbil
17-06-19 IL Baghdad 2 - 0 Erbil
24-06-19 IL Erbil 0 - 0 Al Najaf
Al Najaf
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
26-04-19 IL Naft 0 - 0 Al Najaf
02-05-19 IL Al Najaf 3 - 2 Al Talaba
09-05-19 IL Al Najaf 1 - 2 Naft Al-Janoob
15-05-19 IL Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 0 - 1 Al Najaf
21-05-19 IL Al Najaf 1 - 1 Al Kahrabaa
27-05-19 IL Naft Maysan 3 - 2 Al Najaf
01-06-19 IL Al Najaf 0 - 1 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
14-06-19 IL Al Hussein 0 - 0 Al Najaf
19-06-19 IL Al Najaf 1 - 1 Al Diwaniya
24-06-19 IL Erbil 0 - 0 Al Najaf

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Al Shorta 32 24 7 1 66 16 16 12 3 1 36 10 16 12 4 0 30 6 50 79
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 32 21 9 2 48 21 15 9 5 1 25 12 17 12 4 1 23 9 27 72
3 Al Zawra'a 31 15 11 5 44 28 16 7 7 2 26 15 15 8 4 3 18 13 16 56
4 Al Karkh 32 15 10 7 43 30 16 9 4 3 22 14 16 6 6 4 21 16 13 55
5 Naft 32 12 13 7 49 33 15 6 4 5 22 16 17 6 9 2 27 17 16 49
6 Naft Maysan 32 12 11 9 43 39 16 10 5 1 30 16 16 2 6 8 13 23 4 47
7 Naft Al-Wasat 32 10 14 8 30 27 16 6 5 5 13 10 16 4 9 3 17 17 3 44
8 Baghdad 32 11 11 10 30 28 16 6 5 5 14 13 16 5 6 5 16 15 2 44
9 Al Talaba 32 9 13 10 42 42 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 3 6 7 17 23 0 40
10 Erbil 33 10 10 13 29 32 17 7 7 3 18 6 16 3 3 10 11 26 -3 40
11 Naft Al-Janoob 32 11 7 14 33 44 16 7 4 5 20 19 16 4 3 9 13 25 -11 40
12 Al Kahrabaa 32 8 14 10 33 37 16 4 6 6 13 16 16 4 8 4 20 21 -4 38
13 Al Najaf 32 8 13 11 33 37 15 5 4 6 18 20 17 3 9 5 15 17 -4 37
14 Al Hudod 32 8 13 11 27 36 17 7 5 5 19 18 15 1 8 6 8 18 -9 37
15 Al Minaa Basra 32 7 14 11 31 35 16 5 9 2 18 12 16 2 5 9 13 23 -4 35
16 Al Diwaniya 32 6 16 10 26 37 16 4 8 4 15 19 16 2 8 6 11 18 -11 34
17 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 32 7 11 14 24 33 17 4 6 7 15 18 15 3 5 7 9 15 -9 32
18 Al Simawa 32 7 6 19 21 51 16 4 4 8 11 18 16 3 2 11 10 33 -30 27
19 Al Hussein 32 4 10 18 23 43 16 3 6 7 14 19 16 1 4 11 9 24 -20 22
20 Al Bahri 32 3 11 18 29 55 16 1 8 7 15 25 16 2 3 11 14 30 -26 20

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