Iraqi League match prediction and preview for Naft Maysan vs Al Talaba clash

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Maysan International Stadium (25000 seats)

Naft Maysan perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Al Talaba can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Naft Maysan have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Talaba have not yet lost a game away.

Maysan have less rest than Al Talaba in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Iraqi League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Naft.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Talaba have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Naft Maysan form and stats

When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Naft Maysan have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.

Maysan aren't scoring a lot here at Maysan International Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Maysan have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Al Talaba form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al Talaba playing as the away team in the Iraqi League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Talaba, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The travelling fans enjoy Talaba's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. The Talaba defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Naft Maysan three wins, two draws and Al Talaba five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Naft Maysan missing players

Al Talaba missing players

Naft Maysan Al Talaba
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 0 4 10
4 1 1 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
11 3 2 Scored S 0 6 10
8 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 9
70% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
40% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 70%
30% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
50% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.3 2.5 1 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3.5 5
2.3 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.5 1.8
57% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 400% 78%
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Talaba have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Talaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Talaba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Talaba have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Al Talaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Naft Maysan have not yet lost a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Naft Al-Wasat 10 6 2 2 16 7 5 3 0 2 7 3 5 3 2 0 9 4 9 20
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 10 5 3 2 13 6 5 3 1 1 9 3 5 2 2 1 4 3 7 18
3 Naft Maysan 10 4 5 1 11 8 4 1 3 0 3 2 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 17
4 Al Zawra'a 10 3 7 0 11 7 4 1 3 0 5 4 6 2 4 0 6 3 4 16
5 Al Najaf 9 4 3 2 6 4 5 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 15
6 Al Shorta 9 3 5 1 9 5 5 2 3 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 14
7 Al Kahrabaa 10 3 5 2 13 10 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 14
8 Al Talaba 10 3 5 2 10 9 6 1 3 2 4 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 1 14
9 Baghdad 10 4 2 4 7 7 5 1 1 3 4 5 5 3 1 1 3 2 0 14
10 Erbil 10 3 4 3 8 7 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 1 2 2 2 3 1 13
11 Naft 10 3 3 4 12 11 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 12
12 Al Diwaniya 10 2 6 2 6 6 6 2 3 1 4 3 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 12
13 Al Karkh 8 3 2 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 4 2 5 1 2 2 5 5 2 11
14 Zakho 9 2 5 2 7 8 5 1 3 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 -1 11
15 Al Minaa Basra 10 2 5 3 8 10 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 -2 11
16 Naft Al-Janoob 10 2 4 4 7 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 1 3 2 4 6 -3 10
17 Al Hudod 10 1 5 4 8 12 5 0 2 3 5 8 5 1 3 1 3 4 -4 8
18 Al Simawa 10 2 2 6 6 20 5 2 1 2 3 5 5 0 1 4 3 15 -14 8
19 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 9 1 4 4 2 9 5 1 3 1 1 3 4 0 1 3 1 6 -7 7
20 Al-Qasim 10 1 3 6 7 13 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 0 1 4 2 6 -6 6