About Match
Naft (4th, 12 pts) visit Al Karkh (20th, 4 pts) with 8 points between them. Recent form flatters Al Karkh's table spot — 16th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 20th. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, Al Karkh run at 1 scored and 1.71 conceded, Naft at 1.14 and 0.71. Victory would move Al Karkh to 7 points and up to 14th, with other results unchanged.
11 meetings are on record — 1 won by Al Karkh, 4 by Naft, 6 drawn, at 1.82 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 27% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 27% of meetings.
The match takes place at Al-Karkh Stadium in Bagdad (capacity 6,000).




