About Match
The table reads 13th (Al Quwa Al Jawiya, 7 pts) against 20th (Al Karkh, 1 pts), 6 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1.43 scored and 1.57 conceded per game, Al Karkh 0.67 and 1.67, with the league averaging 1.1. Three points here take Al Quwa Al Jawiya to 10 and up to 5th, assuming other results stand.
Al Karkh have not won in 8 games.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 9 wins for Al Quwa Al Jawiya, 1 draw and 1 for Al Karkh, at 1.82 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 18% of meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 1.82 all-time.
The venue is Al-Shaab Stadium in Bagdad, with room for 20,000 spectators.