Iraqi League: Two teams in good form get together for this fixture. Naft Al-Wasat could have a small edge with their 3rd position in the table?
- Naft have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Iraqi League
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored more than double the goals of Naft.
It's no vacation for neither Naft nor Naft Al-Wasat 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.
Naft form and stats
With 1 Iraqi League win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Naft are certainly not brimming with confidence. Naft have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
It's back home for Naft, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Zawra'a away with the result 2-1.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Zakho.The lack of attacking qualities in Naft means that they have only scored 1 goal in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Naft have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Naft Al-Wasat form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Iraqi League.
Naft Al-Wasat failed to get anything from their last game, a Iraqi League home match vs Zakho (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Naft Al-Janoob.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al-Wasat have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Naft won two, Naft Al-Wasat were winners in four and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Naft missing players
Naft Al-Wasat missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 64% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.6 | 7.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 35% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 30% | 30% |
| 8.9 | 7.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 2.5 | 0.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
- Naft Al-Wasat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Naft Al-Wasat have scored more than double the goals of Naft.
- Naft Al-Wasat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naft have the fewest scored goals (1) at home 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 Shorta | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Talaba | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Zakho | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Sinaah | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Naft | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Al-Qasim | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Newroz SC | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Naft Maysan | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Al Minaa Basra | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Erbil | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 4 |