About Match
Al Shorta go into the game 4th in the table on 12 points; Newroz SC sit 8th on 8 — a 4-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1/0.57 for Al Shorta and 1.33/0.83 for Newroz SC (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1. Victory would move Al Shorta to 15 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Defeat has not touched Al Shorta in 5 games.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Al Shorta have 4 wins to Newroz SC's 1, with 2 draws, at 4.14 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 14% of the wins in this matchup. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%.
Al Shorta Stadium in Bagdad stages the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000.