About Match
Al Karkh go into the game 16th in the table on 7 points; Al-Karma sit 1st on 20 — a 13-point gap. Al Karkh have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, Al Karkh run at 1.25 scored and 1.75 conceded, Al-Karma at 1.75 and 0.63. A win would lift Al Karkh to 10 points and up to 7th (other results unchanged).
Five consecutive wins precede this game for Al-Karma, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Recent form is uneven: 7/15 points for Al Karkh, 15/15 for Al-Karma.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Al Karkh win, 1 for Al-Karma, 2 draws, at 1 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 0% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue is Al-Karkh Stadium in Bagdad, with room for 6,000 spectators.