Football betting preview: Naft favourites when Al Diwaniya visits

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Wed 24.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Ruiz (1500 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Naft leading Al Diwaniya by 16 points.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Naft form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Naft are 8-5-5 (wins-draw-losses). Naft has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Baghdad defeat.

Naft's previous game was a Iraqi League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Al Hussein. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya with a 2-1 scoreline.

Naft are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 26 goals in 18 matches. On the other hand, Naft have conceded 18 goals.

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Al Diwaniya form and stats

Al Diwaniya have only collected 18 points from their away games after 3-9-6 (18 played).

Al Diwaniya are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Iraqi League against Al Zawra'a. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Naft Al-Wasat.

The attacking power of Al Diwaniya when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 18 matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Al Diwaniya in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Diwaniya - Naft 0-0. Naft-Al Diwaniya H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Naft 4 wins, Al Diwaniya 0 wins, 1 draw. 3 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Mohammad Dawood
16 goals
Mazin Fayyadh
8 goals

Naft missing players

Al Diwaniya missing players

Naft Al Diwaniya
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played 5 18 37
15 8 6 Won 1 3 9
15 5 0 Drew 1 9 17
7 5 0 Lost 3 6 11
58 26 13 Scored 5 12 32
39 18 4 Conceded 10 18 41
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 67% 73%
70% 72% 67% Over 1.5 60% 44% 54%
54% 56% 67% Over 2.5 40% 28% 30%
30% 11% 17% Over 3.5 40% 11% 19%
11% 6% 17% Over 4.5 40% 11% 11%
59% 61% 50% BTTS 40% 39% 46%
32% 33% 50% Clean Sheets 20% 44% 41%
19% 11% 0% Failed To Score 40% 50% 41%
 
4.5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
4.5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Naft have created more than twice as many corners as Al Diwaniya.
  • Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Naft have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Diwaniya have scored away.
  • Naft have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Naft
All Arab Club Championship Iraqi League
All Home Away
29-05-19 IL Naft 1 - 1 Al Zawra'a
02-06-19 IL Al Simawa 0 - 1 Naft
16-06-19 IL Al Talaba 1 - 4 Naft
20-06-19 IL Naft 2 - 1 Naft Al-Janoob
24-06-19 IL Naft 1 - 0 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
02-07-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 3 - 3 Naft
06-07-19 IL Naft 1 - 1 Naft Maysan
14-07-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 2 Naft
18-07-19 IL Naft 2 - 1 Al Hussein
24-07-19 IL Naft 14:00 Al Diwaniya
Al Diwaniya
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
28-05-19 IL Al Hudod 0 - 0 Al Diwaniya
01-06-19 IL Al Shorta 1 - 0 Al Diwaniya
13-06-19 IL Al Diwaniya 1 - 1 Baghdad
19-06-19 IL Al Najaf 1 - 1 Al Diwaniya
24-06-19 IL Al Diwaniya 1 - 0 Al Minaa Basra
29-06-19 IL Al Karkh 0 - 1 Al Diwaniya
08-07-19 IL Al Diwaniya 1 - 2 Al Bahri
13-07-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 0 - 0 Al Diwaniya
18-07-19 IL Al Diwaniya 3 - 2 Al Zawra'a
24-07-19 IL Naft 14:00 Al Diwaniya

  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 38 27 8 3 73 22 19 15 3 1 42 12 19 12 5 2 31 10 51 89
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 38 25 9 4 58 27 19 11 5 3 31 17 19 14 4 1 27 10 31 84
3 Al Zawra'a 38 17 14 7 57 40 19 8 8 3 30 18 19 9 6 4 27 22 17 65
4 Naft 37 15 15 7 58 39 18 8 5 5 26 18 19 7 10 2 32 21 19 60
5 Naft Maysan 38 15 14 9 57 47 19 12 6 1 39 21 19 3 8 8 18 26 10 59
6 Al Karkh 38 15 12 11 44 35 19 9 5 5 23 17 19 6 7 6 21 18 9 57
7 Baghdad 38 12 14 12 36 35 19 7 6 6 17 16 19 5 8 6 19 19 1 50
8 Naft Al-Wasat 38 11 17 10 38 37 19 7 6 6 17 13 19 4 11 4 21 24 1 50
9 Al Hudod 38 12 14 12 35 41 19 8 6 5 23 21 19 4 8 7 12 20 -6 50
10 Al Kahrabaa 38 10 18 10 41 41 19 5 8 6 19 20 19 5 10 4 22 21 0 48
11 Erbil 38 12 12 14 34 36 19 9 7 3 22 7 19 3 5 11 12 29 -2 48
12 Al Najaf 38 9 17 12 41 43 19 6 6 7 24 24 19 3 11 5 17 19 -2 44
13 Al Talaba 38 10 14 14 47 52 19 6 8 5 27 24 19 4 6 9 20 28 -5 44
14 Al Diwaniya 37 9 17 11 32 41 19 6 8 5 20 23 18 3 9 6 12 18 -9 44
15 Naft Al-Janoob 38 11 9 18 37 53 19 7 5 7 23 25 19 4 4 11 14 28 -16 42
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 38 9 14 15 30 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 19 4 7 8 14 20 -8 41
17 Al Minaa Basra 38 8 16 14 34 42 19 6 11 2 20 13 19 2 5 12 14 29 -8 40
18 Al Simawa 38 8 9 21 26 59 19 4 7 8 13 20 19 4 2 13 13 39 -33 33
19 Al Bahri 38 6 11 21 39 66 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 3 3 13 18 37 -27 29
20 Al Hussein 38 5 12 21 29 52 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 1 4 14 12 32 -23 27

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