About Match
14 points for Al-Karma (2nd), 4 for Naft Maysan (19th): a 10-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Al-Karma 1.83 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Naft Maysan 0.33 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.1. A win would lift Al-Karma to 17 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Al-Karma have won three straight, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Naft Maysan have gone 6 games without a win. Al-Karma have banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Naft Maysan, 3.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Al-Karma, 2 by Naft Maysan, 1 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.