Football betting preview: Naft Al-Wasat with moderate expectations before welcoming Al Quwa Al Jawiya

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Date: Wed 03.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Najaf Stadium (12000 seats)

Naft Al-Wasat will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 34 points behind Al Quwa Al Jawiya.

It's no vacation for neither Naft Al-Wasat nor Al Quwa Al Jawiya as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Naft Al-Wasat form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Naft Al-Wasat are 6-5-6 (wins-draw-losses). Naft Al-Wasat has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Hatef Shamran and the players.

Naft Al-Wasat's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Naft Maysan.

Naft Al-Wasat aren't scoring a lot here at Al Najaf Stadium with only 14 goals from 17 games. From these home matches, Naft Al-Wasat have conceded only 12 goals.

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Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats

Al Quwa Al Jawiya's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Quwa Al Jawiya, who have the most points (43) away in Iraqi League, collect 43 points from their 18 away matches. 13 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Al Quwa Al Jawiya as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games. Al Quwa Al Jawiya are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Naft Al-Wasat. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al Bahri.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya have scored 25 goals on their travels this season, 18 away games. Al Quwa Al Jawiya are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Naft Al-Wasat - Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1-2 earlier this season. Naft Al-Wasat-Al Quwa Al Jawiya H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Naft Al-Wasat 0 wins, Al Quwa Al Jawiya 4 wins, 4 draws. 2 of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Emad Mohsin
9 goals
Salih Sadir
6 goals

Naft Al-Wasat missing players

Al Quwa Al Jawiya missing players

Naft Al-Wasat Al Quwa Al Jawiya
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played 5 18 34
10 6 1 Won 3 13 23
14 5 2 Drew 2 4 9
10 6 2 Lost 0 1 2
32 14 3 Scored 4 25 53
33 12 4 Conceded 1 10 23
82% 88% 80% Over 0.5 80% 89% 94%
50% 29% 20% Over 1.5 20% 50% 65%
35% 24% 20% Over 2.5 0% 33% 38%
15% 12% 20% Over 3.5 0% 17% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 9%
44% 24% 20% BTTS 20% 44% 53%
35% 47% 40% Clean Sheets 80% 50% 44%
38% 41% 60% Failed To Score 20% 17% 9%
 
7.5 9 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5.3 5.8
4.5 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 2.8
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Al Quwa Al Jawiya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Quwa Al Jawiya have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Naft Al-Wasat have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Naft Al-Wasat
All Uafa Cup Iraqi League
All Home Away
09-05-19 IL Al Simawa 1 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
16-05-19 IL Al Zawra'a 3 - 3 Naft Al-Wasat
22-05-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 2 - 2 Naft
28-05-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 1 - 1 Al Talaba
02-06-19 IL Naft Al-Janoob 1 - 0 Naft Al-Wasat
14-06-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 1 - 0 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya
21-06-19 IL Al Kahrabaa 2 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
26-06-19 IL Naft Maysan 4 - 1 Naft Al-Wasat
03-07-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 1 - 2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
08-07-19 IL Al Hussein 14:00 Naft Al-Wasat
Al Quwa Al Jawiya
All AFC Cup Arab Club Championship Iraqi League AFC Champions League
All Home Away
17-05-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 2 - 1 Al Hudod
23-05-19 IL Al Shorta 2 - 3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
28-05-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 1 Baghdad
01-06-19 IL Al Najaf 0 - 1 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
15-06-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 - 1 Al Minaa Basra
19-06-19 IL Al Karkh 1 - 3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
23-06-19 IL Al Zawra'a 0 - 1 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
28-06-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 3 - 1 Al Bahri
03-07-19 IL Naft Al-Wasat 1 - 2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
09-07-19 IL Al Quwa Al Jawiya 16:15 Al Zawra'a

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Al Shorta 34 26 7 1 71 18 18 14 3 1 41 12 16 12 4 0 30 6 53 85
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 34 23 9 2 53 23 16 10 5 1 28 13 18 13 4 1 25 10 30 78
3 Al Zawra'a 33 15 12 6 47 33 17 7 7 3 26 17 16 8 5 3 21 16 14 57
4 Al Karkh 34 15 11 8 43 31 17 9 4 4 22 15 17 6 7 4 21 16 12 56
5 Naft 34 13 14 7 53 36 16 7 4 5 23 16 18 6 10 2 30 20 17 53
6 Naft Maysan 34 13 12 9 50 43 18 11 6 1 37 20 16 2 6 8 13 23 7 51
7 Baghdad 34 12 11 11 32 30 17 7 5 5 15 13 17 5 6 6 17 17 2 47
8 Naft Al-Wasat 34 10 14 10 32 33 17 6 5 6 14 12 17 4 9 4 18 21 -1 44
9 Al Talaba 34 10 13 11 46 46 17 6 7 4 27 22 17 4 6 7 19 24 0 43
10 Al Kahrabaa 34 9 15 10 38 40 17 4 7 6 16 19 17 5 8 4 22 21 -2 42
11 Erbil 34 10 11 13 29 32 17 7 7 3 18 6 17 3 4 10 11 26 -3 41
12 Naft Al-Janoob 34 11 8 15 34 46 17 7 4 6 21 21 17 4 4 9 13 25 -12 41
13 Al Diwaniya 34 8 16 10 28 37 17 5 8 4 16 19 17 3 8 6 12 18 -9 40
14 Al Hudod 34 9 13 12 28 37 17 7 5 5 19 18 17 2 8 7 9 19 -9 40
15 Al Najaf 33 8 13 12 33 38 16 5 4 7 18 21 17 3 9 5 15 17 -5 37
16 Al Minaa Basra 34 7 15 12 31 36 17 5 10 2 18 12 17 2 5 10 13 24 -5 36
17 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 34 8 11 15 27 36 17 4 6 7 15 18 17 4 5 8 12 18 -9 35
18 Al Simawa 34 7 7 20 22 54 17 4 5 8 11 18 17 3 2 12 11 36 -32 28
19 Al Hussein 33 4 11 18 23 43 17 3 7 7 14 19 16 1 4 11 9 24 -20 23
20 Al Bahri 33 3 11 19 30 58 16 1 8 7 15 25 17 2 3 12 15 33 -28 20

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