Season ticket holders at Franso Hariri Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Erbil languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Baghdad will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Erbil is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Erbil have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Baghdad have scored away.
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.
Erbil form and stats
3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Iraqi League numbers at home for Erbil so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Erbil to get some points in this home game.
Erbil has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Erbil have conceded only 7 goals.
Baghdad form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Baghdad playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Baghdad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Baghdad - Erbil 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Erbil five wins, three draws and Baghdad two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Erbil missing players
Baghdad missing players
| Erbil | Baghdad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 20 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 63% | 56% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 22% | 37% |
| 26% | 22% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 11% | 11% |
| 16% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | 5% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 11% | 21% |
| 32% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 67% | 47% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.6 | 9.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 18% | 29% |
- Baghdad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Erbil have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Baghdad have scored away.
- Erbil haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Erbil is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Zakho | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Naft | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Al Minaa Basra | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Erbil | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Talaba | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 18 | Al Simawa | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 15 |