Naft have 23 points performing as the home side. Samaraa have got 4 points from their away games. Are we looking at a home win?
- Naft have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (7) in Iraqi League
It's no vacation for neither Naft nor Samaraa 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
Naft's struggle is real here at Al Naft Stadium with only 9 points collected from 9 Iraqi League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-6-2. Naft has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
An away draw last time out for Naft, facing Al-Qasim in a game that ended 0-0.
In the match before that, Naft hosted Al Sinaah and drew the game 1-1.Naft have scored 3 goals here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Naft have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Samaraa form and stats
There's been little loot from Samaraa's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 9 away games in the Iraqi League. Samaraa only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Samaraa are desperate to end a 24-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Al Karkh fixture.
Samaraa failed to get anything from their last game, a Iraqi League home match vs Zakho (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Naft Al-Basra's place.Goals are few and far between in Samaraa's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. Samaraa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the former four meetings): Naft won zero games, two matches ended in a draw and Samaraa managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoNaft missing players
Samaraa missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 28 |
| 56% | 56% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 78% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 22% | 28% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 44% | 39% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 56% | 61% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 14 | 11.7 |
| 2.4 | 1 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Naft have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Iraqi League
- Naft have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Samaraa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Samaraa have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest points (2) away in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals (7) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals (28) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Samaraa have yet to win a game.
- Samaraa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Zakho | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Basra | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Naft | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Al-Qasim | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Erbil | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Baghdad | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Al Kahrabaa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -21 | 4 |
