A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Naft Al-Wasat fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Al-Qasim's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Naft Al-Wasat has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Iraqi League
- Al-Qasim have yet to win a game away.
Naft Al-Wasat and Al-Qasim 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.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
The story so far in the Iraqi League for Naft Al-Wasat at their home stadium (Al Najaf Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Al-Wasat after this match as they are travelling to Al Diwaniya for a Iraqi League game in only four days.
Al-Wasat has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Naft Al-Wasat have conceded only 6 goals.
Al-Qasim form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al-Qasim so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Al-Qasim has drawn their two previous away games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Al-Qasim manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Simawa.
The attacking power of Al-Qasim when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Al-Qasim have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
Al-Qasim missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Al-Qasim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 12% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 19% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 8 | 9.2 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 20% |
- Al-Qasim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al-Qasim have yet to win a game away.
- Al-Qasim haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Naft Al-Wasat has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat has the most points from losing position (11) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Qasim have scored away.
- Naft Al-Wasat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Shorta | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Najaf | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Zakho | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Naft | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Baghdad | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Erbil | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Kahrabaa | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Diwaniya | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Al Minaa Basra | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Naft Al-Janoob | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Al Talaba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Al Hudod | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Al-Qasim | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 20 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 11 |