Stjarnan cannot bank on any donations from hosts KA in this Pepsideild fixture. Here's our thorough match preview!
- KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stjarnan have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Pepsideild
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Stjarnan have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-5-8 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for KA and Stjarnan.
KA form and stats
When playing at home in the Pepsideild, KA have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
KA's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Stjarnan (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league victory after four games without. KA made it very difficult for themselves, when Hauksson got a red card in the 77th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, KA won the match 2-1!
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fram (1-2).Both teams to score: YES! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Will it happen again?
A decent goal production from KA in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KA defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Stjarnan form and stats
Stjarnan have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 2-3-6 (11 played).
Stjarnan are travelling again after losing away to KA in their previous match (1-2). Until that loss this club had taken at least one point from eight league matches in a row. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Atlason and that is impressive!
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against KR.Stjarnan find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Stjarnan in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result KA - Stjarnan 2-1 written in the official records. Hauksson (KA) was sent off by the referee when these teams last played each other. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KA six wins, two draws and Stjarnan two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Atlason 13 goals |   Á. Sigurgeirsson 5 goals |  E. Guðmundsson 5 goals |
KA missing players
Stjarnan missing players
| KA | Stjarnan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 27 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 42 |
| 38 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 82% | 90% |
| 60% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 52% |
| 35% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 43% |
| 20% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 55% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 43% |
| 10% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 33% |
| 40% | 27% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 24% |
| 6.5 | 6.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 33% | 35% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 37% |
| 10.2 | 10.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 4 |
- KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stjarnan have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Pepsideild
- Stjarnan 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 42 | 53 |
| 2 | Valur | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 42 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| 5 | FH | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 6 | KR | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 28 |
| 7 | KA | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 25 |
| 8 | HK | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Fylkir | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 10 | Fram | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | IBV | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -19 | 17 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
