About Match
The table reads 20th (Al Karkh, 1 pts) against 15th (Zakho, 6 pts), 5 points apart. In league terms the two rates read 0.67/1.67 for Al Karkh and 0.83/1.5 for Zakho (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1. Victory would move Al Karkh to 4 points and up to 18th, with other results unchanged.
Al Karkh have gone 8 games without a win. A win has eluded Zakho for 5 matches.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 1 Al Karkh win, 4 for Zakho, 4 draws, at 1.67 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 22% of the meetings.
The venue is Al-Karkh Stadium in Bagdad, with room for 6,000 spectators.