KA followers are optimistic for points in home fixture facing HK

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1645 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, good and bad leading to mid-table positions so far. Make ready for KA - HK!

Insights:
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
  • HK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This pitch has grass, which is not HK's normal surface at their own arena. When playing on grass HK have performed like this: Played 20 matches producing 8 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats with the goal production 35-46 (scored/conceded).

These are busy days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dundalk, was also a home game here at Akureyrarvöllur. The away team is better rested.

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KA form and stats

KA have played 8 Pepsideild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for KA bring valid hopes of a third.

KA's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at home, finishing 3-1 versus Dundalk. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

In the game before, an away victory in the Pepsideild match versus Keflavik with a 4-3 scoreline.

There will be little rest for KA after this match as they are travelling to Dundalk for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.

A decent goal production from KA in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KA defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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HK form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pepsideild. The last three matches for HK have all ended in a draw.

HK played 1-1 against Stjarnan in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Fylkir.

For HK, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

KA have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when playing HK.

These competitors have fought earlier this season: HK - KA 1-2. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

HKÖ. Eggertsson
Ö. Eggertsson
6 goals
KAB. Adalsteinsson
B. Adalsteinsson
4 goals
HKA. Atlason
A. Atlason
4 goals

KA missing players

HK missing players

KA HK
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 8 16
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
20 14 4 Scored S 7 16 27
29 14 2 Conceded C 9 18 32
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
87% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 81%
60% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 56%
40% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
20% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 38%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 62%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 25%
53% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
6.4 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 3.8
4.5 4.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 6.5
2 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9 9.4
4.4 5.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.3
30% 34% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 43% 39%
 
10 9.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.8 12.8
4.3 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 6.4 5.8
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • HK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the most points from losing position (10) 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 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 Stjarnan 16 6 3 7 31 21 9 6 1 2 26 10 7 0 2 5 5 11 10 21
6 FH 15 6 3 6 28 31 7 5 1 1 18 10 8 1 2 5 10 21 -3 21
7 KA 15 6 2 7 20 29 8 4 2 2 14 14 7 2 0 5 6 15 -9 20
8 HK 16 5 4 7 27 32 8 2 3 3 11 14 8 3 1 4 16 18 -5 19
9 ÍBV 16 5 2 9 19 28 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 1 1 6 8 19 -9 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 16 1 7 8 15 30 8 0 4 4 9 16 8 1 3 4 6 14 -15 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.