Naft Al-Janoob hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 15th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Al Najaf holds 7th place with 20 pts.
- Naft Al-Janoob have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Najaf has the most clean sheets (8) in Iraqi League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
1-1-0 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Al Najaf when playing away games on sand pitch, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those two matches are 3-1 (scored/conceded).
Naft Al-Janoob form and stats
When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Naft Al-Janoob have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al-Janoob here at Basra Sport City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Al-Janoob have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Al Najaf form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Iraqi League, on their Iraqi League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Al Najaf, whose manager H. Ahmad could celebrate last time after the Iraqi League win against Al Karkh.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Najaf have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. It's not easy to score on Al Najaf as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Naft Al-Janoob won five, Al Najaf won two and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Naft Al-Janoob missing players
Al Najaf missing players
| Naft Al-Janoob | Al Najaf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 46% |
- Al Najaf has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf has the most clean sheets (8) in Iraqi League
- Al Najaf 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 | Naft Al-Wasat | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Zakho | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Baghdad | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Erbil | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Naft | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Diwaniya | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Talaba | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Al Karkh | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Al Simawa | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 10 |