About Match
3 points and 3 places separate them: Al Zawra'a 1st with 15, Al Shorta 4th with 12. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Zawra'a 1.86 scored and 0.43 conceded per game, Al Shorta 1 and 0.57, with the league averaging 1.1. Al Shorta would climb to 15 points with a win and up to 1st, overtaking Al Zawra'a (other results held equal).
Al Zawra'a carry a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Al Shorta are unbeaten in 5.
Across 10 recorded meetings, Al Zawra'a have 3 wins to Al Shorta's 4, with 3 draws, at 2.1 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup.
Al-Shaab Stadium in Bagdad stages the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000.




