Naft Al-Janoob hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 17th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Al Karkh holds 11th place with 18 pts.
- Naft Al-Janoob have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Naft Al-Janoob and Al Karkh 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.
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.
Naft Al-Janoob form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Iraqi League this season. Naft Al-Janoob have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here.
Naft Al-Janoob have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Al-Janoob have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Al Karkh form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Karkh playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Karkh goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Karkh as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Karkh as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Al-Janoob, four draws and five wins for Al Karkh. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Naft Al-Janoob missing players
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| Naft Al-Janoob | Al Karkh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 87% |
| 67% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| 40% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | 6.3 |
| 1.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 31% | 35% |
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Naft Al-Janoob have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Zakho | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Naft | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Diwaniya | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Erbil | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 14 | Al Talaba | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Simawa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Minaa Basra | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Naft Al-Janoob | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Al Hudod | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 10 |