About Match
In the standings it is Erbil 3rd on 14 points, Al Karkh 20th on 1 — separated by 13. Per game in the league, Erbil score 1.33 and conceding 0.17, Al Karkh 0.67 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game. If Erbil win, their total rises to 17 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Defeat has not touched Erbil in 9 games. Al Karkh have not won in 8 games. The five-game form split reads 11/15 points for Erbil against 1/15 for Al Karkh.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Erbil 3, draws 4, Al Karkh 1, at 1.38 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil stages the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000.