Al Talaba 2-1 Al Najaf — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Iraq - Premier League, 8 Apr 2026

📅08/04/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
67%
1.37
Draw
22%
4.08
Away
11%
7.37
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
57%
1.68
Over 2.5
43%
2.07
Both Teams to Score
Yes
44%
2.51
No
56%
1.46
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
35%
2-3 Goals
36%
4-5 Goals
22%
6+ Goals
7%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
31%
1/2
3%
1/X
6%
X/1
29%
X/2
4%
X/X
10%
2/1
8%
2/2
4%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
68%
Home Win
68%
-0.8pp
22%
Draw
21%
+0.5pp
11%
Away Win
11%
+0.2pp
57%
Under 2.5
56%
+1.8pp
43%
Over 2.5
44%
-1.8pp
44%
BTTS Yes
36%
+7.9pp
56%
BTTS No
64%
-7.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Al Talaba EU Bookmakers 73%
Head to Head
AWAY Al Najaf EU Bookmakers 14%
-13% / -13% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -8%
1.21/0.53 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.43/1.74
-34% / +15% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -41% / -4%
58% Ball Possession 42%
14 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 3
335 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 262 · 73%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Al Talaba
0W-0D-2L
AWAY Al Najaf
0.00 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
26.10.2025 Al Najaf Al Najaf 1-0 HT 0-0 Al Talaba Al Talaba IRAK
03.07.2025 Al Najaf Al Najaf 2-0 HT 1-0 Al Talaba Al Talaba IRAK
POST-MATCH Al Talaba vs Al Najaf
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Al Talaba squeezed past Al Najaf 2-1.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Al Talaba as the likeliest winner at 68%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (57%), no to both teams scoring (56%) — went the other way, though.

For context: across their last 2 meetings in our records, Al Najaf led the recent series with 2 wins. Those games averaged 0.00 goals for Al Talaba and 1.50 for Al Najaf.

What was the final score of Al Talaba vs Al Najaf?

Al Talaba 2-1 Al Najaf in the Iraq - Premier League on 08/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Al Talaba vs Al Najaf?

Before kick-off our model rated a Al Talaba win the most likely single outcome at about 68%, with the full match-result split Al Talaba 68%, draw 22%, Al Najaf 11%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Al Talaba) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Al Talaba) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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