Pepsideild: Breidablik anticipated to subdue KR

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kópavogsvöllur (3009 seats)

Pepsideild: Breidablik host KR in what is nearly guaranteed to be an intriguing football match. Tipsway gives you all you should know!

Insights:
  • Breidablik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KR have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Pepsideild

Breidablik have less rest than KR in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at København, so at least Breidablik are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Breidablik form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Pepsideild games here at Kópavogsvöllur for Breidablik. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The regulars are hoping that Breidablik will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 3-6 away loss in the Champions League fixture against København. Steindorsson, a forward, was the champion player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.25 (out of 10). Steindorsson scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Before that, Breidablik drew at home versus Stjarnan.

The manager Thorvaldsson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zrinjski in only four days.

Breidablik are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (22 goals in 8 games). Breidablik have conceded 13 from these games.

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KR form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pepsideild travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. KR has drawn their two previous away games.

KR's previous game was their home loss versus Valur (0-4). KR lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

A loss against Vikingur Reykjavik was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visiting KR have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The KR manager Kristinsson has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: KR - Breidablik 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Breidablik three wins, one draw and KR six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BreidablikG. Eyjólfsson
G. Eyjólfsson
7 goals
BreidablikK. Andrasson Olsen
K. Andrasson Olsen
4 goals

Breidablik missing players

KR missing players

Breidablik KR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
10 5 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 4
3 1 1 Lost L 2 3 7
35 22 5 Scored S 0 9 17
23 13 4 Conceded C 8 17 26
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 76%
53% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 41%
41% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 18%
24% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 12%
59% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 35%
41% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 29%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 35%
 
7.4 6.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.8 6.8
4.7 4.9 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.2 5.6
2.5 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 11.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 13.6 11.5
4.8 4.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.1 4
43% 56% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 25%
 
8.4 7.4 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.4 10.2
3.9 3.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 5.5 3.8
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of KR's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Breidablik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Breidablik have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Breidablik have scored more than double the goals of KR.
  • Breidablik haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KR have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Pepsideild
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 14 2 1 44 13 9 8 0 1 25 5 8 6 2 0 19 8 31 44
2 Valur 17 12 2 3 42 14 8 5 2 1 14 7 9 7 0 2 28 7 28 38
3 Breidablik 17 10 4 3 35 23 8 5 2 1 22 13 9 5 2 2 13 10 12 34
4 Stjarnan 18 7 4 7 34 22 9 6 1 2 26 10 9 1 3 5 8 12 12 25
5 FH 16 7 3 6 31 33 7 5 1 1 18 10 9 2 2 5 13 23 -2 24
6 KR 17 6 4 7 17 26 9 4 1 4 8 9 8 2 3 3 9 17 -9 22
7 KA 16 6 3 7 21 30 9 4 3 2 15 15 7 2 0 5 6 15 -9 21
8 HK 17 5 5 7 28 33 8 2 3 3 11 14 9 3 2 4 17 19 -5 20
9 IBV 18 5 2 11 19 36 9 4 1 4 11 11 9 1 1 7 8 25 -17 17
10 Fylkir 17 4 4 9 26 37 9 3 2 4 16 20 8 1 2 5 10 17 -11 16
11 Fram 17 4 2 11 25 39 8 4 1 3 16 13 9 0 1 8 9 26 -14 14
12 Keflavik 17 1 7 9 17 33 9 0 4 5 11 19 8 1 3 4 6 14 -16 10

Read more about Pepsideild

The Úrvalsdeild karla (meaning Men’s Select division) is the highest level of football in Iceland. It has also been known by the sponsorship name Pepsideild. Twelve teams play a season from April to September, each playing 22 fixtures to decide the final league table and the Icelandic champion.