Iraqi League: Two participants who have performed fine so far. Let's get ready for Naft Al-Wasat - Al Talaba with this thorough guide!
- Naft Al-Wasat have the most clean sheets (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Iraqi League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Naft Al-Wasat have to build on here at Al Najaf Stadium in the Iraqi League.
A good away victory last time out for Naft Al-Wasat, who won 2-0 against Al Diwaniya (placed 19th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Najaf (0-1).Naft Al-Wasat has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Al-Wasat have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Al Talaba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Talaba has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The supporters enjoyed Al Talaba's previous game versus Naft (placed 11th), a Iraqi League 3-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Zakho's place.Al Talaba find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Al Talaba have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Al-Wasat won four games, six matches ended in a draw and Al Talaba have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixNaft Al-Wasat missing players
Al Talaba missing players
| Naft Al-Wasat | Al Talaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 91% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
- Al Talaba have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Iraqi League
- Al Talaba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Naft Al-Wasat have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have the most clean sheets (7) in Iraqi League
- 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Janoob | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Zakho | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Sinaah | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Najaf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Naft | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Newroz SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Erbil | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |