Perhaps a welcome break from league football as KR & Stjarnan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that Stjarnan 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 Stjarnan on grass are 5 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 29-34. You can compare this with overall results below.
The visiting Stjarnan played their last game only four days ago, a Pepsideild match.
KR form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Three Pepsideild home games done for KR, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
The home team returns to KR-völlur - Gervigras after drawing with Fylkir on their last time out; the game ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Stjarnan.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pepsideild game versus IBV in only four days. This game is also played here at KR-völlur - Gervigras.
KR has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 3 games. KR have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stjarnan form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.The visitors are W0-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pepsideild.
Stjarnan are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against KA. As you can tell from the results above, Stjarnan was very dominant against KA, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Sigurgeirsson, Guðmundsson, Halldórsson and Atlason providing the goals.
A 0-1 defeat away at KR before that.We have checked recent matches where Stjarnan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The attacking power of Stjarnan when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. In the opposite end, Stjarnan have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for KR, two draws and four wins for Stjarnan. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Bjarnason 3 goals |  K. Jónsson 1 goals |  Æ. Jónasson 1 goals |
KR missing players
Stjarnan missing players
| KR | Stjarnan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 10 | 41 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | ||
| 6.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 34% | ||
| 8.5 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Valur | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | FH | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | KA | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 6 | HK | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Fram | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Fylkir | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | KR | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Stjarnan | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | IBV | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
