Match Report
25 points separated the sides: Al-Karma 6th on 65, Al Minaa Basra 15th on 40. On the form table Al Minaa Basra stood 9th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Per game in the league, Al Minaa Basra were scoring 1 and conceding 1.24, Al-Karma 1.39 and 0.68, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Al Minaa Basra had gone 6 games without a win. Al-Karma had not lost in 8 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Al Minaa Basra 3/15, Al-Karma 9/15.
The match was played at Basra Sport City Stadium (capacity 65,227). Al Minaa Basra led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Minaa Basra: Mohammed Qasim (43'), Yassin Samia (90')
Key stats
Possession: Al Minaa Basra 34% · Al-Karma 66% · Total shots: 5-9 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 0-5