Iraq Shots on Target Stats 2026

Iraq Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

Iraq are averaging 1.7 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 6.6 total SOT on average. That puts them 20th of 21 for team SOT per match among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Tajikistan, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Iraq players hit the most shots on target?

Ali Al-Hamadi leads with 3 shots on target across 6 qualifying appearances (0.5/g, 33% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Iraq player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Iraq's SOT profile look this season?

Iraq are averaging 1.7 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 4.9 for a match-total of 6.6. That ranks 20th of 21 for team SOT among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. They take 6.1 shots per game and create 3.9 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Tajikistan, the page weights each Iraq attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Iraq take 6.1 shots per game and put 1.7 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Iraq fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Iraq are currently converting 41% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Iraq player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Ali El-Zubaidi	defender	1	2	2	100%
Mohanad Ali	attacker	5	2	0.4	40%
Aymen Hussein	attacker	6	2	0.33	33%
Ali Al-Hamadi	attacker	6	3	0.5	33%
Marko Farji	attacker	7	2	0.29	29%
Amir Al-Ammari	midfielder	8	2	0.25	25%
Ali Jasim	attacker	7	1	0.14	14%
Zaid Tahseen	defender	7	1	0.14	14%
Merchas Doski	defender	8	1	0.13	13%
Akam Hashem	defender	8	1	0.13	13%
Hussein Ali	defender	7	0	0	0%
Zidane Iqbal	midfielder	7	0	0	0%
Ibrahim Bayesh	midfielder	6	0	0	0%
Jalal Hassan	goalkeeper	6	0	0	0%
Aimar Sher	midfielder	6	0	0	0%
Zaid Ismail	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Ahmed Basil Fadhil	goalkeeper	4	0	0	0%
Rebin Sulaka	defender	3	0	0	0%
Frans Putros	defender	3	0	0	0%
Manaf Younis	defender	3	0	0	0%
Youssef Amyn	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Kevin Yakob	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Ahmed Qasem	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Ali Yousif	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Sherko Karim	attacker	1	0	0	0%

Iraq shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
26 Jun 2026	World Cup	Senegal	Away	5-0	1	12	13	Ali Jasim (1)
22 Jun 2026	World Cup	France	Away	3-0	0	5	5
16 Jun 2026	World Cup	Norway	Home	1-4	1	5	6	Aymen Hussein (1)
10 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Venezuela	Home	0-2	2	5	7
4 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Spain	Away	1-1	2	4	6	Zaid Tahseen (1)
29 May 2026	Friendly International	Andorra	Home	0-1	0	0	0
1 Apr 2026	WC Qualification Intercontinental Playoffs	Bolivia	Home	2-1	3	6	9	Ali Al-Hamadi (1)
18 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Asia	United Arab Emirates	Home	2-1	2	4	6	Mohanad Ali (1)
13 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Asia	United Arab Emirates	Away	1-1	5	4	9	Ali El-Zubaidi (2)
14 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Saudi Arabia	Away	0-0	1	4	5	Hasan Abdulkareem (1)

Iraq shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 1.89
Shots on target against per game: 5.44
Match total shots on target per game: 7.33
Games: 9
League rank for match shots on target: 8 of 16

Iraq Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	2	25%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	1.8	20%	20%	20%	0%	0%
Overall	9	1.89	22%	11%	11%	0%	0%

Iraq Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	5	100%	100%	75%	25%	0%
Away	5	5.8	100%	100%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	9	5.44	100%	100%	56%	22%	11%

Iraq Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	4	7	50%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Away	5	7.6	40%	40%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	9	7.33	44%	33%	33%	11%	11%

Iraq Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	1.89	2	1.8
Total shots / match	6.78	8.5	5.4
Share of shots on target	28%	24%	33%
Goals per shot on target	41%	63%	22%
Shots on target per goal	2.4	1.6	4.5
Shots on target over 2.5	22%	25%	20%
Shots on target over 3.5	11%	0%	20%
Shots on target over 4.5	11%	0%	20%
Shots on target over 5.5	0%	0%	0%
Shots on target over 6.5	0%	0%	0%

Iraq Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	5.44	5	5.8
Shots on target against over 2.5	100%	100%	100%
Shots on target against over 3.5	100%	100%	100%
Shots on target against over 4.5	56%	75%	40%
Shots on target against over 5.5	22%	25%	20%
Shots on target against over 6.5	11%	0%	20%

Iraq Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	7.33	7	7.6
Match shots on target over 6.5	44%	50%	40%
Match shots on target over 7.5	33%	25%	40%
Match shots on target over 8.5	33%	25%	40%
Match shots on target over 9.5	11%	0%	20%
Match shots on target over 10.5	11%	0%	20%

Iraq 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 8 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	4	1.25	25%	25%	0%
Away	4	1	25%	25%	0%
Overall	8	1.13	25%	25%	0%

Iraq 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 8 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	4	2.75	100%	50%	25%
Away	4	2.25	75%	25%	25%
Overall	8	2.5	88%	38%	25%

Iraq 1st-half match total 2026 (from 8 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	4	4	75%	50%	25%	25%
Away	4	3.25	50%	50%	50%	0%
Overall	8	3.63	63%	50%	38%	13%

Iraq shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
26 Jun	World Cup	Senegal (A)	5-0	1	12	13	2
22 Jun	World Cup	France (A)	3-0	0	5	5	1
16 Jun	World Cup	Norway (H)	1-4	1	5	6	4
10 Jun	Friendly International	Venezuela (H)	0-2	2	5	7	3
4 Jun	Friendly International	Spain (A)	1-1	2	4	6	5
1 Apr	WC Qualification Intercontinental Playoffs	Bolivia (H)	2-1	3	6	9	7
18 Nov	WC Qualification Asia	United Arab Emirates (H)	2-1	2	4	6	2
13 Nov	WC Qualification Asia	United Arab Emirates (A)	1-1	5	4	9	5
14 Oct	WC Qualification Asia	Saudi Arabia (A)	0-0	1	4	5	-

AFC Asian Cup shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Kyrgyz Republic	3	6.33	3.33	9.67	33%
2	Syria	3	3.67	6	9.67	67%
3	Saudi Arabia	8	2.5	6.13	8.63	38%
4	Jordan	8	3.13	5	8.13	25%
5	Korea Republic	9	4.89	3.22	8.11	44%
6	Japan	9	3.78	4.11	7.89	56%
7	Thailand	3	4	3.67	7.67	33%
8	Iraq	6	1.5	6.17	7.67	33%
9	Iran	6	2.5	5	7.5	33%
10	Qatar	5	1.8	5.6	7.4	40%
11	Uzbekistan	8	3.13	4	7.13	25%
12	China PR	6	4.33	2.67	7	17%
13	Australia	10	2.9	4	6.9	30%
14	Indonesia	4	4.5	2.25	6.75	25%
15	Singapore	3	4.67	1.67	6.33	33%
16	Tajikistan	4	3.25	3	6.25	0%

Iraq shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	3	4	2.33	6.33	0%
Vs top half	3	4	2.33	6.33	0%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Iraq shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
WC Qualification Asia	2026	15	2.8	3.07	5.87	20%
World Cup	2026	3	0.67	7.33	8	33%
Friendly International	2026	2	2	4.5	6.5	0%
WC Qualification Intercontinental Playoffs	2026	1	3	6	9	100%
Friendly International	2024	1	4	7	11	100%

Iraq next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 10 Jan 10:00	Tajikistan (away)	7.78	5.22	2.56	7.25	5	2.25
Thu 14 Jan 10:00	Australia (home)	6.9	2.9	4	5	2.5	2.5
Tue 19 Jan 10:00	Singapore (home)	7.38	3.75	3.63	9	3.25	5.75

Iraq players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Aymen Hussein	attacker	2	4	50%
2	Ali Jasim	attacker	1	4	25%
3	Ali Al-Hamadi	attacker	1	5	20%
4	Amir Al-Ammari	midfielder	1	5	20%
5	Merchas Doski	defender	1	5	20%

Tajikistan shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
23 Sep	Friendly International	Azerbaijan (A)	1-0	4	4	8	-
9 Jun	Friendly International	India (H)	1-1	3	4	7	2
5 Jun	Friendly International	India (H)	3-1	4	2	6	3
31 Mar	Asian Cup Qualification	Philippines (H)	1-1	2	2	4	2
18 Nov	Asian Cup Qualification	East Timor (A)	0-5	10	0	10	3
14 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Maldives (A)	0-3	6	3	9	8
9 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Maldives (H)	2-0	11	1	12	7
10 Jun	Asian Cup Qualification	Philippines (A)	2-2	2	5	7	-
5 Jun	Friendly International	Cambodia (A)	1-2	5	2	7	-