| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hudod | 12 | L1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3/15 | 7-12 |
| Al Masafi | 11 | W1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6/15 | 7-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hudod | 20 | 38 | 10 | -56 | LLLLL | 20 | 0 |
| Al Masafi | 16 | 38 | 39 | -20 | DLLWD | 13 | +3 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2012-06-30
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Al Masafi (16th, 39 pts) and Al Hudod (20th, 10 pts). Against a league average of 1.1 goals per team per game, Al Hudod ran at 0.68 scored and 2.16 conceded, Al Masafi at 0.63 and 1.16.
A win had eluded Al Hudod for 5 matches.
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium in Bagdad staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Al Masafi led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
