Naft Al-Janoob vs Al Karkh: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Tue 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Zubair Stadium (5000 seats)

Naft Al-Janoob will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Al Karkh.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This stadium uses sand pitch, unlike Al Karkh's home stadium. The visitors last two games on sand pitch have ended in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss.

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Naft Al-Janoob form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Naft Al-Janoob are 6-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Naft Al-Janoob, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Naft Al-Janoob's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Al Minaa Basra. Before that match, a win away at Al Najaf.

The Naft Al-Janoob fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Naft Al-Janoob have conceded 19 goals.

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Al Karkh form and stats

As the visiting team Al Karkh have produced an overall stat of 6-4-3 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Al Karkh's previous game versus Al Talaba, a Iraqi League 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Naft's place.

Al Karkh find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Karkh - Naft Al-Janoob 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Naft Al-Janoob, 3 draws and 5 wins for Al Karkh. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Naft Al-Janoob missing players

Al Karkh missing players

Naft Al-Janoob Al Karkh
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
27 14 3 Played 5 13 27
9 6 0 Won 2 6 15
6 3 1 Drew 2 4 7
12 5 2 Lost 1 3 5
27 19 3 Scored 9 18 37
38 19 6 Conceded 7 12 21
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 86% 100% Over 1.5 80% 62% 63%
52% 64% 67% Over 2.5 40% 23% 30%
15% 14% 33% Over 3.5 20% 15% 11%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 20% 8% 4%
56% 71% 100% BTTS 80% 54% 48%
26% 29% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 23% 33%
26% 7% 0% Failed To Score 20% 23% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Al Karkh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Naft Al-Janoob have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Naft Al-Janoob
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
19-04-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 0 - 0 Al Hudod
25-04-19 IL Al Shorta 4 - 0 Naft Al-Janoob
02-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 1 - 2 Baghdad
09-05-19 IL Al Najaf 1 - 2 Naft Al-Janoob
15-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 1 - 2 Al Minaa Basra
21-05-19 IL Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 10:30 Naft Al-Janoob
21-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 19:00 Al Karkh
27-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 10:30 Al Kahrabaa
02-06-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 10:30 Naft Maysan
08-06-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 10:30 Naft Al-Janoob
Al Karkh
All Iraqi League
All Home Away
18-04-19 IL Al Bahri 1 - 3 Al Karkh
24-04-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
01-05-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 0 Al Zawra'a
10-05-19 IL Naft 1 - 0 Al Karkh
16-05-19 IL Al Karkh 2 - 1 Al Talaba
21-05-19 IL Erbil 10:30 Al Karkh
21-05-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 19:00 Al Karkh
27-05-19 IL Al Karkh 10:30 Al Hudod
02-06-19 IL Al Shorta 10:30 Al Karkh
08-06-19 IL Al Karkh 10:30 Baghdad

  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 27 20 7 0 57 11 13 10 3 0 31 6 14 10 4 0 26 5 46 67
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 25 16 7 2 36 15 12 8 3 1 21 9 13 8 4 1 15 6 21 55
3 Al Karkh 27 15 7 5 37 21 14 9 3 2 19 9 13 6 4 3 18 12 16 52
4 Al Zawra'a 25 12 9 4 35 25 13 5 7 1 19 13 12 7 2 3 16 12 10 45
5 Naft Maysan 27 10 10 7 36 32 14 8 5 1 25 13 13 2 5 6 11 19 4 40
6 Naft Al-Wasat 27 9 12 6 25 21 13 5 3 5 9 7 14 4 9 1 16 14 4 39
7 Naft 26 9 10 7 37 26 13 5 3 5 19 14 13 4 7 2 18 12 11 37
8 Al Talaba 27 7 12 8 34 29 14 5 7 2 21 13 13 2 5 6 13 16 5 33
9 Al Najaf 26 8 9 9 29 31 12 5 2 5 16 17 14 3 7 4 13 14 -2 33
10 Baghdad 26 8 9 9 21 24 13 3 5 5 7 11 13 5 4 4 14 12 -3 33
11 Naft Al-Janoob 27 9 6 12 27 38 14 6 3 5 19 19 13 3 3 7 8 19 -11 33
12 Al Hudod 26 7 11 8 22 29 13 6 3 4 15 16 13 1 8 4 7 13 -7 32
13 Erbil 26 7 8 11 20 28 13 4 6 3 10 6 13 3 2 8 10 22 -8 29
14 Al Minaa Basra 27 6 10 11 23 28 13 4 7 2 12 7 14 2 3 9 11 21 -5 28
15 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 27 6 9 12 17 25 14 3 5 6 10 13 13 3 4 6 7 12 -8 27
16 Al Diwaniya 26 5 12 9 23 33 13 3 6 4 11 17 13 2 6 5 10 16 -10 27
17 Al Kahrabaa 26 5 11 10 26 32 12 1 5 6 8 14 14 4 6 4 17 18 -6 26
18 Al Simawa 26 7 5 14 19 40 13 4 3 6 10 14 13 3 2 8 9 24 -21 26
19 Al Hussein 26 4 8 14 19 32 14 3 5 6 14 17 12 1 3 8 5 15 -13 20
20 Al Bahri 26 2 10 14 19 42 13 0 7 6 9 19 13 2 3 8 10 23 -23 16

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