About Match
In the standings it is Al Kahrabaa 16th on 7 points, Al Shorta 5th on 12 — separated by 5. Al Kahrabaa rank 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, Al Kahrabaa run at 0.86 scored and 1.14 conceded, Al Shorta at 1 and 0.57. A win would lift Al Kahrabaa to 10 points and up to 7th (other results unchanged).
Al Shorta have not lost in 5 games.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Al Kahrabaa, 4 draws and 9 for Al Shorta, at 2.29 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 36% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
Al Taji Stadium in Taji stages the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000.