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 5th and Al Talaba's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Naft Al-Wasat have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Iraqi League
Naft Al-Wasat and Al Talaba 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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Talaba, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
Naft Al-Wasat have collected 17 points from their Iraqi League home games so far after 5-2-5.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al-Wasat, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 501 minutes in the Iraqi League.
Naft Al-Wasat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al-Wasat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Karbala Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Talaba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
Talaba are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Talaba in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Talaba - Naft Al-Wasat 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Al-Wasat won three games, six matches ended with a draw and Al Talaba has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveNaft Al-Wasat missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 29 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 88% |
| 46% | 42% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 23% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 12% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 8% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 27% |
| 27% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 7 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 73% | 37% |
- Naft Al-Wasat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Al-Wasat have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Iraqi League
| 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 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | Al Najaf | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 48 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Zakho | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Naft Maysan | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Baghdad | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Naft | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Al Minaa Basra | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Al Karkh | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Janoob | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Erbil | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 26 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | Al Talaba | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 17 | Al Kahrabaa | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 18 | Al-Qasim | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 22 |
| 19 | Al Hudod | 26 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 20 | Al Simawa | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 32 | -28 | 19 |