Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Erbil (3rd, 80 pts) held a 40-point advantage over Naft Maysan (16th, 40 pts). Naft Maysan ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Per game in the league, Naft Maysan were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.53, Erbil 1.58 and 0.79, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Erbil, winners of their last four. Naft Maysan had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Erbil, 12.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Naft Maysan 1, draws 2, Erbil 4, at 2.29 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 71% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 14% of the meetings went over two goals.
Maysan Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Naft Maysan 51% · Erbil 49% · Total shots: 4-14 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 3-6