About Match
Both sides bring 8 points into this one — Newroz SC 8th, Al Minaa Basra 12th. Recent form flatters Al Minaa Basra's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. In league terms the two rates read 1.33/0.83 for Newroz SC and 1/1.17 for Al Minaa Basra (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1. If Newroz SC win, their total rises to 11 and up to 5th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Newroz SC, 4 draws and 0 for Al Minaa Basra, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. In 75% of the meetings, both sides found the net. Where history says 2.88 goals per meeting, the last five say 3.8.
The venue is Newroz International Stadium.