Match Report
Baghdad (18th, 32 pts) visited Naft Maysan (16th, 40 pts) with 8 points between them. Naft Maysan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Naft Maysan were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.53, Baghdad 1.13 and 1.87, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Baghdad had not won in 10 games.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Naft Maysan, 4 by Baghdad, 2 drawn, at 1.67 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Only 17% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Maysan Stadium, capacity 25,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Naft Maysan: Hussein Mutar (42'), Nassim Sioud (82') · Baghdad: Kamal EL Keraa (9')
Key stats
Possession: Naft Maysan 58% · Baghdad 42% · Total shots: 14-9 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 5-0