This league campaign has been back-breaking for Newroz SC up to now, while Zakho have played well. Will the highest placed win again at Sulaymaniyah Stadium?
- Newroz SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Newroz SC form and stats
The story so far in the Iraqi League for Newroz SC at their home stadium (Sulaymaniyah Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The spoils were shared in Newroz SC's previous game, also at home. Visiting Naft Al-Basra (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Newroz SC lost 2-4 at Erbil's place.Newroz SC have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Newroz SC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Newroz SC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al-Qasim, Al Minaa Basra, Al Karkh, Baghdad, Samaraa and Al Diwaniya), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Zakho form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Iraqi League. Zakho are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
The Zakho goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 253 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Zakho's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Naft Maysan (placed 11th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Samaraa.The visiting Zakho have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Zakho are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the participants faced each other earlier this season; Zakho - Newroz SC 2-1.Newroz SC missing players
Zakho missing players
| Newroz SC | Zakho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 26 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 84% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 68% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 42% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 21% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 32% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 70% | 58% |
| 47% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 4.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 23% |
| 10.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
- Newroz SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newroz SC have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Al Talaba | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Zawra'a | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Zakho | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Basra | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Naft | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Al Sinaah | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Al Kahrabaa | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Erbil | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Al-Qasim | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Baghdad | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Newroz SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Al Diwaniya | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Al Minaa Basra | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 4 |
