Flashy Al Talaba come to Naft Al-Basra after their 0-1-result against Al Quwa Al Jawiya. Get out our thorough preview!
- Naft Al-Basra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Iraqi League
It's quite the trip for Al Talaba when visiting Al-Basra as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Naft Al-Basra and Al Talaba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Naft Al-Basra form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Naft Al-Basra have to build on here at Zubair Stadium in the Iraqi League.
An away draw last time out for Naft Al-Basra, facing Erbil in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Naft Al-Wasat.Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.
Al-Basra are not conceding a lot of goals here at Zubair Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Al Talaba form and stats
Playing away, Al Talaba have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Iraqi League this season.
Al Talaba play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Al Quwa Al Jawiya (placed 1st). Until that defeat this club had taken at least one point from seven league rounds in a row.
Before that, Al Talaba secured a home win against Al Zawra'a with the score 1-0.Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's latest 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Talaba have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Al Talaba have avoided a loss in the last 7 matches (3-4-0) facing Naft Al-Basra.Naft Al-Basra missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Naft Al-Basra | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 23% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.3 | 9.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 62% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | 60% |
| 7.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 8.8 | 7.1 |
| 2.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
- Al Talaba have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naft Al-Basra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Naft Al-Basra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Al-Basra have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Naft Al-Basra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Al Kahrabaa | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Shorta | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Duhok | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Hudod | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Naft Al-Basra | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Karbala | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Erbil | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Newroz SC | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Zakho | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 18 | Naft | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -19 | 2 |
