Iraq national football team: results and stats
3 investigationsLatest Iraq national team football matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
Current squad — Iraq national team
Goalkeepers
- 1Fahad Talib
- 12Jalal Hassan Hachim
- 22Ahmed Basil
Defenders
- 2Rebin Solaka
- 3Hussein Ali
- 4Zayed Tahseen
- 5Akam Rahman
- 6Munaf Younus
- 15Ahmed Hasan Al Reeshawee
- 23Merchas Doski
- 25Mustafa Saadoun
- 26Frans Putros
Midfielders
- 8Ibraheem Bayesh
- 11A. Qasem
- 14Zidane Iqbal
- 16Amir Al Ammari
- 19Kevin Yakob
- 20A. Sher
- 21M. Farji
- 24Z. Ismaeel
Attackers
- 7Youssef Amyn
- 9Ali Al Hamadi
- 10Meme
- 13A. Y. Hashim
- 17A. Jasim
- 18Aymen Hussein
France vs Iraq 3:0 — A Mbappé Brace and Total Control
France cruised past Iraq 3-0 in the group stage, fully confirming their favorite status on xG (2.67 to 0.63).
Senegal — Iraq 5:0: One Box Entry All Evening
Five unanswered goals are not always a tale of superiority; sometimes they are a tale of superiority converted without a shred of mercy. Senegal dismantled Iraq 5:0 on the back of xG 3.10.
Iraq vs Norway 1-4 — Visitors Confirm Their Class
Norway beat Iraq 4-1 in the group stage, backing up the win with an xG reading of 2.52 to 0.8.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many players are in the Iraq national team's current squad?
26 players: goalkeepers — 3, defenders — 9, midfielders — 8, attackers — 6.
How often do Iraq's match results diverge from the xG-expected outcome?
Bravsen has analyzed 3 matches — average Crime Index 46, with 0 scoring 60+ (the threshold for an anomalous gap between the result and the xG model).
A 0-5 road loss to Senegal is Iraq's single most anomalous covered match out of 3 reviewed, Crime Index 52% — a moderate figure even for a scoreline that lopsided: by chance quality, the margin on the board wasn't fully justified by the run of play.
Finishing lags the model by a real margin
Across the 3 matches with calculated xG, Iraq generated 1.61 expected goals but scored only 1 — a small but notable shortfall against the model. For a debutant at this level, that's not unusual: the team creates a modest number of chances and converts them slightly below expectation, which together help explain the heavy scoreline against Senegal.
Average Crime Index is a moderate figure by the site's standards
A 46% average across 3 matches is typical for the site: despite the Senegal rout, the team's results have mostly not diverged from the model's expectations as sharply as in that one game.