The Naft Al-Wasat & Al Quwa Al Jawiya head coaches Shamran and Od Barcham are both afraid of and looking forward to this important game in the higher regions of the Iraqi League league table.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Iraqi League game only four sleeps ago.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Iraqi League games here at Al Najaf Stadium for Naft Al-Wasat. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The fans are hoping that Al-Wasat will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Iraqi League game against Al Zawra'a (placed 2nd).
1-1 away at Naft before that.Al-Wasat have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al Najaf Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Naft Al-Wasat have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya form and stats
As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Al Quwa Al Jawiya have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.
Jawiya are looking to quickly end their 210 minutes long goal drought in the Iraqi League.
Jawiya's previous game was their home loss versus Naft (0-1).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Zakho.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Al-Wasat won zero, Al Quwa Al Jawiya were winners in six and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.Naft Al-Wasat missing players
Al Quwa Al Jawiya missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 50% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7 | 8.1 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 2.1 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 7.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
| 4.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
- Al Quwa Al Jawiya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have won significantly less corners at home than 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 Shorta | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Zakho | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Naft | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Baghdad | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Kahrabaa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Erbil | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 12 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 16 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -19 | 4 |
