Match Report
8 points and 2 places separated them: Naft Al-Basra 18th with 33, Karbala 20th with 25. Per game in the league, Naft Al-Basra were scoring 0.84 and conceding 1.45, Karbala 0.74 and 1.68, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Karbala had lost six in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Naft Al-Basra wins, 2 for Karbala, 3 draws, at 2.4 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 0% of the wins in this matchup.
The venue was Al Faihaa Stadium, with room for 10,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Total shots: 14-5 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 3-1