KA and Dundalk will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
It should be mentioned that Dundalk play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dundalk on grass are 10 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats from 36 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-48. You can compare this with overall results below.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for KA and Dundalk.
KA form and stats
KA have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Connah's Quay.4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what KA have to build on here at Framvöllur Úlfarsárdal in the Pepsideild.
A good away victory last time out for KA, who won 4-3 against Keflavik. A goal frenzy last time out for KA, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Keflavik. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that one, a nice away win at Connah's Quay. A Europa Conference League game.
The match schedule is unforgiving for KA as they have a new game in only three days, a Pepsideild match thankfully also at home. HK are visiting.
KA have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Framvöllur Úlfarsárdal with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Dundalk form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Magpies in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Dundalk was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Vitesse turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Dundalk have produced an overall stat of 5-2-6 so far.
The club members enjoyed Dundalk's previous match versus Shamrock Rovers, a FAI Cup win (1-0) played at home.
A home win as expected against Magpies ahead of that, in the Europa Conference League. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Dundalk in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Dundalk, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Dundalk have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 10 goals |   B. Adalsteinsson 4 goals |  J. Martin 4 goals |
KA missing players
Dundalk missing players
| KA | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 33 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 46% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 8.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Valur | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | KR | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 5 | FH | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | KA | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 7 | HK | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | Stjarnan | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | IBV | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Fram | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 14 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 13 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
