Ghaz Al Shamal vs Naft Maysan prediction and preview

The PunterPick prediction

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Ghaz Al Shamal host Naft Maysan in the Iraqi League (Iraq) on 24 Oct 2026, 17:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Double Chance 1X — Ghaz Al Shamal to win or draw. It was published at odds of 1.36, which the bookmaker market rated at about 67% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Going into the match, Ghaz Al Shamal had won 2, drawn 5 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches, scoring 5 and conceding 7. Naft Maysan had won 1, drawn 5 and lost 4 of their last 10, with 7 scored and 14 conceded.

Both teams scored in 3 of Ghaz Al Shamal's last 10 and 4 of Naft Maysan's last 10; 0 and 2 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Ghaz Al Shamal averaged 0.50 goals scored and 0.50 conceded across 4 matches; away from home Naft Maysan averaged 1.45 scored and 1.82 conceded across 11.

Our team-strength model expects about 0.89 goals from Ghaz Al Shamal and 0.75 from Naft Maysan. From that it rates a home win at 35%, a draw at 37% and an away win at 27%, against 36%, 31% and 33% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 73%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Ghaz Al Shamal (green) and Naft Maysan (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Form before the match

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

More on this match

• Ghaz Al Shamal form and statistics
• Naft Maysan form and statistics
• Iraqi League statistics

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  Published pick: Double Chance X2