Naft Al-Janoob hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 4 points and a 20th position in the Iraqi League table. Visiting Zakho holds 10th place with 11 pts.
- Naft Al-Janoob is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Zakho have not yet lost a game away.
Naft Al-Janoob and Zakho 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on sand pitch and that the visiting Zakho have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on sand pitch is 0-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from one match.
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-Janoob form and stats
Naft Al-Janoob have played three Iraqi League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Al-Janoob haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 313 minutes ago. Ahmad Zamel scored that one.
Naft Al-Janoob faced defeat in their previous match, away at Baghdad (0-3).
Al-Janoob have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. 4 goals have been conceded.
Zakho form and stats
Zakho are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Iraqi League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Zakho failed to get anything from their last game, a Iraqi League home match vs Al Kahrabaa (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Hudod with the score of 2-1.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Zakho have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Zakho have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Naft Al-Janoob won four, Zakho won one and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Naft Al-Janoob missing players
Zakho missing players
| Naft Al-Janoob | Zakho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 38% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 6 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.5 | 9.3 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 75% | 60% |
- All of Zakho's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Naft Al-Janoob have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Naft Al-Janoob have yet to win a game.
- Naft Al-Janoob is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Zakho have not yet lost a game away.
- Zakho have scored in all their away matches so far.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Naft | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Erbil | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Zakho | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Al Minaa Basra | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Al Najaf | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Karkh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Al Hudod | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Al Simawa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Al-Qasim | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 20 | Naft Al-Janoob | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |