Pepsideild match prediction: Little separates Keflavík and Fylkir in quality

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 23.June
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Nettóvöllurinn (4957 seats)

Pepsideild: Tipsway are looking at an appealing and key duel involving Keflavík and Fylkir at Nettóvöllurinn. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Keflavík have the fewest scored goals (7) in Pepsideild
  • Fylkir have yet to win a game away.

5 - 4 - 10 with 23-32. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Fylkir when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Fylkir play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an active match!

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Keflavík form and stats

0-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Keflavík, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Pepsideild, so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Keflavík drew their last game, also a home match. Stjarnan (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fram (1-4).

Keflavík has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {2 goals} from 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Keflavík defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Fylkir form and stats

As the visiting team in Pepsideild matches, Fylkir have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.

Fylkir lost away at KA (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against KR.

Observe that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

The attacking power of Fylkir when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As for defending, Fylkir rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other previously this campaign: Fylkir - Keflavík 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Keflavík wins - draws - Fylkir wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FylkirB. Garðarsson
B. Garðarsson
5 goals
Fylkir?. Borgþórsson
?. Borgþórsson
3 goals
FylkirÓ. Finsen
Ó. Finsen
3 goals

Keflavík missing players

Fylkir missing players

Keflavík Fylkir
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 0 4 11
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 6
7 2 1 Scored S 0 3 18
19 8 3 Conceded C 0 7 24
73% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 91%
45% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 82%
27% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 45%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 27%
55% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 82%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
45% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 18%
 
4.4 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5.3
6.9 8.8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 7
2.6 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 7.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 9.8
3.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.5
21% 14% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 36%
 
12.8 12.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.2 12.5
6.4 6.6 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 5.4
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Fylkir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Fylkir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fylkir have scored more than double the goals of Keflavík.
  • Fylkir have yet to win a game away.
  • Fylkir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Keflavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Keflavík have the fewest points (2) at home in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have the fewest scored goals (7) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have yet to win a game at home.

  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 12 10 1 1 28 8 7 6 0 1 17 5 5 4 1 0 11 3 20 31
2 Valur 12 8 2 2 32 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 6 5 0 1 21 5 21 26
3 Breidablik 12 7 3 2 23 15 5 3 1 1 13 10 7 4 2 1 10 5 8 24
4 FH 11 5 3 3 22 21 5 4 1 0 12 6 6 1 2 3 10 15 1 18
5 KA 12 5 2 5 16 22 8 4 2 2 14 14 4 1 0 3 2 8 -6 17
6 HK 11 4 1 6 18 25 5 1 1 3 4 10 6 3 0 3 14 15 -7 13
7 KR 11 3 3 5 10 19 4 1 1 2 2 3 7 2 2 3 8 16 -9 12
8 Stjarnan 11 3 2 6 19 18 6 3 1 2 15 10 5 0 1 4 4 8 1 11
9 Fram 11 3 2 6 22 26 6 3 1 2 13 10 5 0 1 4 9 16 -4 11
10 Fylkir 11 3 2 6 18 24 7 3 1 3 15 17 4 0 1 3 3 7 -6 11
11 IBV 11 3 1 7 14 21 4 2 0 2 7 5 7 1 1 5 7 16 -7 10
12 Keflavík 11 1 4 6 7 19 5 0 2 3 2 8 6 1 2 3 5 11 -12 7

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.