Match Report
The table read 16th (Naft Maysan, 40 pts) against 17th (Al Kahrabaa, 39 pts), 1 points apart. Recent form flatters Al Kahrabaa's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Naft Maysan ran at 1.24 scored and 1.53 conceded, Al Kahrabaa at 1.16 and 1.47.
Defeat had followed defeat for Al Kahrabaa — five in succession. Naft Maysan had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Kahrabaa, 0.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 3 for Naft Maysan, 4 for Al Kahrabaa and 2 drawn, at 1.22 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 11% of the meetings went over two goals.
Maysan Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Kahrabaa: Austin Amutu (60'), Lucas (90')