Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Naft Al-Basra (14th, 43 pts) held a 31-point advantage over Al Diwaniya (20th, 12 pts). In league terms the two rates read 0.66/2.26 for Al Diwaniya and 0.89/1.05 for Naft Al-Basra (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.09.
A win had eluded Al Diwaniya for 10 matches.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 1 for Al Diwaniya, 5 for Naft Al-Basra and 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 71% of the meetings.
Al Najaf Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. On the scoreboard, Naft Al-Basra led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-4.
Goal scorers
Naft Al-Basra: Ahmad Zamel (28'), Ahmed Jalal (25'), Ahmad Zamel (90'), Hussein Ammar (85')




