Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Naft Al-Wasat fans are confident that the contrast between 5th and Al Karkh's 17th place in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored more than double the goals of Al Karkh.
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.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
Naft Al-Wasat have performed here at Al Najaf Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 Iraqi League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 187 minutes without scoring a league goal.
Naft Al-Wasat faced defeat in their previous match, away at Newroz SC (0-1).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Naft Maysan that ended 0-0.A decent goal production from Naft Al-Wasat in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Al-Wasat have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Karkh form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Al Karkh have produced an overall stat of 2-6-2 so far.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Naft with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A loss against Zakho was the result prior to that, in a home game.The attacking power of Al Karkh when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Al Karkh as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Karkh - Naft Al-Wasat 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Al-Wasat victories, three draws and zero Al Karkh wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Naft Al-Wasat missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 91% | 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 50% | 68% |
| 73% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 27% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 45% | 55% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 60% | 36% |
| 32% | 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.8 | 8.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 57% | 26% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 9.2 | 7.1 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
- Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Karkh have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored more than double the goals of Al Karkh.
- Naft Al-Wasat have won significantly less corners at 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 Shorta | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 28 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Zakho | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Naft | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Al Najaf | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Basra | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Al Kahrabaa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Erbil | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Al Sinaah | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Al-Qasim | 22 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Naft Maysan | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Newroz SC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Al Karkh | 22 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 22 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 15 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 22 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | -24 | 6 |
