Al Minaa Basra have come here for an interesting game against the hosting Naft Al-Wasat. Get smart on the fixture with this in-depth Iraqi League preview!
- Naft Al-Wasat have the the best goal difference (+6) 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.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
Perfect Iraqi League season at home so far for Naft Al-Wasat 2 wins from 2 appearances. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Al-Wasat are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
The Al-Wasat goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 381 minutes without conceding a goal in the Iraqi League.
A good away victory last time out for Al-Wasat, who won 1-0 against Al Karkh (placed 15th).
Ahead of that match, Al-Wasat won a home game hosting Newroz SC (2-0).At Al Najaf Stadium, Naft Al-Wasat has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Al Minaa Basra form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Iraqi League ended in defeat. Last season Al Minaa Basra had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 3, drew 8 and lost 8.
The attacking players of Minaa have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 208 minutes.
There were no winners in Al Minaa Basra's previous match, a Iraqi League home game that ended 0-0 vs Naft (placed 10th).
A 0-2 loss hosting Zakho before that.It's early days yet, but Al Minaa Basra has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings featuring these participants: Naft Al-Wasat won zero, Al Minaa Basra triumphed in three and we saw six draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, nine matches with less than 2,5 goals.Naft Al-Wasat missing players
Al Minaa Basra missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Al Minaa Basra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Naft Al-Wasat have the the best goal difference (+6) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat is in the best form (4-0-0)
| Naft Al-Wasat | Last season | Al Minaa Basra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 27 | 44 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 53% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 66% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 42% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 47% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 68% | 55% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 26% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Zakho | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Naft Al-Janoob | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Najaf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Naft | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Baghdad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Al Sinaah | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Erbil | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Al Karkh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Al Minaa Basra | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Newroz SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Samaraa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 39 | 83 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 74 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 72 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 63 |
| 6 | Naft | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 53 |
| 7 | Baghdad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 50 |
| 8 | Al Minaa Basra | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Zakho | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 46 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 45 |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 44 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 44 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -10 | 43 |
| 14 | Al Kahrabaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | Al Diwaniya | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 41 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 39 |
| 18 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 37 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 38 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 31 |
| 20 | Al Simawa | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 26 |