About Match
Naft go into the game 5th in the table on 9 points; Al Kahrabaa sit 18th on 4 — a 5-point gap. On recent form Naft sit only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Naft 1 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Al Kahrabaa 0.67 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.1. If Naft win, their total rises to 12 and up to 4th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Al Kahrabaa's winless run stands at 6.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Naft, 3 draws and 3 for Al Kahrabaa, at 2.08 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue is Al Sina'a Stadium in Bagdad, with room for 5,150 spectators.