This season has been grim for Samaraa up to now, while Al Shorta have done well. Will the guests claim three points?
- Samaraa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Al Shorta is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Iraqi League match only four days back. That game was an away game at Baghdad, so at least Samaraa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Samaraa form and stats
The story so far in the Iraqi League for Samaraa at their home stadium is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Samaraa who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 16 attempts. Their previous win was against Al Karkh, 3867 days ago.
No payout for Samaraa in their previous match, an away game at Baghdad that ended in defeat 0-2.
In the match before that, Samaraa hosted Al Minaa Basra and drew the game 1-1.Samaraa have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Samaraa defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Shorta form and stats
Playing away, Al Shorta, who have the the best goal difference (+12) in Iraqi League, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Iraqi League this season. Things are running smoothly for Shorta who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Talaba.
The Al Shorta goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 493 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Shorta's previous match, a Iraqi League home game that ended 0-0 vs Al-Qasim (placed 17th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Al Sinaah.The travelling fans enjoy Shorta's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. The Shorta defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Samaraa-Al Shorta H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Samaraa one win, Al Shorta two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Samaraa missing players
Al Shorta missing players
| Samaraa | Al Shorta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 4.2 | 3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 7.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 6 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 55% |
| 11.7 | 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Shorta have scored more than double the goals of Samaraa.
- Al Shorta have the most points (12) away in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most points from losing position (7) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+12) in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Iraqi League
- Al Shorta have won all their away games so far.
- Al Shorta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Shorta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Shorta is in the best form (5-1-0) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Samaraa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Samaraa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Samaraa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Samaraa have the fewest points (1) at home in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Iraqi League
- Samaraa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Samaraa have yet to win a game.
- Samaraa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Samaraa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Basra | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Talaba | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Zakho | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Sinaah | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Naft | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Baghdad | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Erbil | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Karkh | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Al-Qasim | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Al Minaa Basra | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 19 | Al Diwaniya | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Samaraa | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |