About Match
5 points for Karbala (16th), 9 for Al Talaba (6th): a 4-point gap. Per game in the league, Karbala score 0.83 and conceding 1.67, Al Talaba 1.33 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game. Victory would move Karbala to 8 points and up to 8th, with other results unchanged.
Al Talaba carry a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Karbala 1, draws 2, Al Talaba 2, at 1.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
The match takes place at Karbala Stadium in Karbala (capacity 9,000).