About Match
Al Talaba go into the game 6th in the table on 9 points; Erbil sit 3rd on 14 — a 5-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Talaba 1.33 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Erbil 1.33 and 0.17, with the league averaging 1.1. Victory would move Al Talaba to 12 points and up to 4th, with other results unchanged.
5 matches unbeaten back Al Talaba's arrival. Erbil carry a 9-game unbeaten run into this.
11 meetings are on record — 4 won by Al Talaba, 5 by Erbil, 2 drawn, at 2.45 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 64% of the meetings went to the host.
Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava in Martvili stages the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000.