About Match
The table reads 2nd (Al Zawra'a, 15 pts) against 18th (Karbala, 5 pts), 10 points apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.86/0.43 for Al Zawra'a and 0.86/1.71 for Karbala (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.14. Three points here take Al Zawra'a to 18 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
Al Zawra'a have not lost in 7 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 13/15 points for Al Zawra'a against 3/15 for Karbala.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al Zawra'a 2, draws 2, Karbala 2, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Al-Shaab Stadium in Bagdad, capacity 20,000, hosts the game.