Can FH knock Víkingur Reykjavík in Kaplakrikavöllur clash?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Tue 08.Aug
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kaplakrikavöllur (6450 seats)

Both contenders are happy with a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for FH - Víkingur Reykjavík!

Insights:
  • FH have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most scored goals (44) in Pepsideild

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

W L L L W

FH form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 Pepsideild games here at Kaplakrikavöllur for FH. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

A strong away win for FH against Keflavik the last match, as Björnsson and Sverrisson (2) were on target. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Fylkir (2-4).

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this side has contained three goals or more.

Goals are plentiful at Kaplakrikavöllur in the league this season as FH has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. On the other hand, FH have conceded 10 goals.

W W W L D

Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

The away performances of Víkingur Reykjavík have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Pepsideild. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.

Reykjavík had fun at their own home (Kaplakrikavöllur) last time out, beating IBV 6-0. Punyed (2), Vilhjálmsson, Hansen, Ingason and Guðjónsson scored. As mentioned above, Víkingur Reykjavík was the only team on the pitch versus IBV in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. Guðjónsson has scored at least one goal for the away team three games in a row. The flair!

Prior to that result Víkingur Reykjavík won their away game at KR. The scoreline was 2-1.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

The Reykjavík manager Gunnlaugsson has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 8 league matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches involving these two teams have all finished as Víkingur Reykjavík wins. Are we destined for another one?

The latest head to head encounter ended Víkingur Reykjavík - FH 2-0, earlier this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Hansen with 7 goals scored against FH in these 10 games.

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
8 goals
FH?. Björnsson
?. Björnsson
7 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkB. Ingason
B. Ingason
7 goals

FH missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

FH Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 1 8 17
7 5 0 Won W 0 6 14
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
6 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
31 18 2 Scored S 2 19 44
33 10 2 Conceded C 2 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
75% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 65%
62% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 47%
44% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 24%
62% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 47%
19% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 53%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.8 6.3
4.9 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 5.9
2.4 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 1.8 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 11.6 20 Shots (avg) S ( 6 12.6 11.8
5.2 5.9 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.4 5.2
37% 44% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 44% 49%
 
10.2 8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.8 6.8
4.7 4.1 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.8
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • FH have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FH have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FH have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FH haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have not yet lost a game away.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (9) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most scored goals (44) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the the best goal difference (+31) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pepsideild

  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 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 FH 16 7 3 6 31 33 7 5 1 1 18 10 9 2 2 5 13 23 -2 24
5 Stjarnan 17 6 4 7 32 22 9 6 1 2 26 10 8 0 3 5 6 12 10 22
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 17 5 2 10 19 34 8 4 1 3 11 9 9 1 1 7 8 25 -15 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.