National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Víkingur Reykjavík or KR that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Víkingur Reykjavík have been very solid at home in the Pepsideild so far, with 27 points collected from 10 matches (9-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
The Reykjavík supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host HK and win 6-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Víkingur Reykjavík played a great game against HK and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting FH and winning 3-1.There will be little rest for Reykjavík after this match as they are travelling to Valur for a Pepsideild game in only four days.
It's goals goals goals for Víkingur Reykjavík who have scored 31 goals from 10 league home games. Reykjavík have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KR form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of KR playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season.
KR had fun at their own home (Víkingsvöllur) last time out, beating Fram 3-2. Jónasson, Andrésson and Finnbogason scored. Finnbogason came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Fram last time out, making the manager Kristinsson feel like a tactical genius.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Breidablik at their stadium, the result 4-3.KR are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). KR have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Víkingur Reykjavík wins - draws - KR wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Ingason 9 goals |  N. Hansen 9 goals | D. Djuric 6 goals |
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
KR missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | KR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 66 | 40 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 53% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Valur | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 30 | 42 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | KR | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 6 | FH | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | HK | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | KA | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 9 | Fylkir | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 10 | IBV | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -18 | 17 |
| 11 | Fram | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
