Naft Al-Basra have performed good football this season, sitting at 5th position in the table. Zakho have a view both direction in the table from their 8th position.
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Iraqi League
It's no vacation for neither Al-Basra nor Zakho as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Naft Al-Basra form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Naft Al-Basra have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Al-Basra have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Naft Al-Basra's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Zawra'a (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Erbil.Al-Basra has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Naft Al-Basra have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Zakho form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Zakho have produced an overall stat of 1-2-1 so far.
The Zakho goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Zakho play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Erbil (placed 14th).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Kahrabaa that ended 0-0.Zakho has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Zakho have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: six wins for Al-Basra, three draws and one win for Zakho. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Naft Al-Basra missing players
Zakho missing players
| Naft Al-Basra | Zakho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
- Naft Al-Basra have the most dropped points from leading position (8) 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Basra | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Zakho | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Sinaah | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Naft | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Baghdad | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Erbil | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |