Most would pick Naft Al-Basra in this fixture against Al Karkh, but the away side will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Iraqi League
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Naft Al-Basra form and stats
Naft Al-Basra have collected 14 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 3-5-1.
An away draw last time out for Naft Al-Basra, facing Newroz SC in a game that ended 0-0.
Heartbreak before that as Naft Al-Basra lost 1-4 at Naft Maysan's place.Al-Basra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Naft Al-Basra are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Faihaa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Al Karkh form and stats
Playing away, Al Karkh have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Iraqi League this season. Al Karkh has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Al Karkh's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Erbil that finished 0-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Kahrabaa at their stadium, the result 3-1.The attacking power of Karkh when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Al Karkh as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Naft Al-Basra and Al Karkh have duelled already this season: Al Karkh - Naft Al-Basra 1-2. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Naft Al-Basra won two, Al Karkh were winners in five and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Naft Al-Basra missing players
Al Karkh missing players
| Naft Al-Basra | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 56% | 68% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 58% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 37% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 5.8 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 57% | 31% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Karkh have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Basra have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 Shorta | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Zakho | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Basra | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Naft | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Erbil | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 4 |
