About Match
Karbala go into the game 16th in the table on 5 points; Al Shorta sit 4th on 12 — a 7-point gap. Per game in the league, Karbala score 0.83 and conceding 1.67, Al Shorta 1 and 0.57, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game. Three points here take Karbala to 8 and up to 8th, assuming other results stand.
Al Shorta are unbeaten in 5. Karbala have banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Shorta, 11.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Karbala, 4 by Al Shorta, 1 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match takes place at Karbala Stadium in Karbala (capacity 9,000).