Match Report
The table gap was wide: 43 points between Erbil (8th, 55 pts) and Al Diwaniya (20th, 12 pts). Recent form flatters Erbil's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Erbil were scoring 1.08 and conceding 1.03, Al Diwaniya 0.66 and 2.26, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Al Diwaniya had gone 7 games without a win. Over the last five, Erbil had taken 10 of 15 points to Al Diwaniya's 1.
Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. Al Diwaniya led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.




