Stjarnan vs Fram preview: Visitors will have a difficult task at Samsung völlurinn

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Wed 26.Jul
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Samsung völlurinn (1440 seats)

Stjarnan have succeeded in 5 home victories so far this season, Fram have won 0 away. Who upgrades their results in this one?

Insights:
  • Stjarnan have the most scored goals (22) at home in Pepsideild
  • Fram have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pepsideild

It should be mentioned that Fram play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Fram on artifical turf are 2 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-13. You can compare this with overall results below.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stjarnan form and stats

Stjarnan are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here at Samsung völlurinn. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Samsung völlurinn after three straight home wins.

The Stjarnan coach Elísabetarson and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus HK (placed 6th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Valur in a game that was won 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stjarnan's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stjarnan as they are travelling to their away game against Breidablik in the Pepsideild. That match is three days after this one.

Stjarnan are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Samsung völlurinn in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Stjarnan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fram form and stats

There's been little loot from Fram's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 8 away games in the Pepsideild. Fram only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Fram, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.

The attacking players of Fram have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 298 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Fram as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Valur. Weird, but still true: this side has played three consecutive league matches with the score 0-1!

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Breidablik.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Fram playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 5 home wins.

Observe that 11 of this team's 14 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

Fram find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Fram's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 22 goals in 8 travels.

Head 2 Head

Fram have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (1-3-0) against Stjarnan.

These opponents have battled before this season: Fram - Stjarnan 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

FramF. Bello Saraiva
F. Bello Saraiva
7 goals
FramG. Magnússon
G. Magnússon
6 goals
FramO. Sigurjónsson
O. Sigurjónsson
2 goals

Stjarnan missing players

Fram missing players

Stjarnan Fram
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
5 5 1 Won W 0 0 4
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
7 2 0 Lost L 2 7 10
27 22 6 Scored S 1 9 25
21 10 2 Conceded C 6 22 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 81%
47% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 75%
40% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 62% 62%
20% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
40% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 75%
27% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 25%
 
5.5 6.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 6.5 5.1
5 4.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.4
2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.7 11.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.9 8.5
5.6 6.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 4
32% 40% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 36% 39%
 
10.1 10.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.5 11.2
4.4 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 5.4
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Stjarnan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fram have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Fram have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fram have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pepsideild
  • Fram have the fewest points (1) away in Pepsideild
  • Fram have the most conceded goals (22) away in Pepsideild
  • Fram have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Pepsideild
  • Fram have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Pepsideild
  • Fram have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Fram have yet to win a game away.
  • Fram haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stjarnan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stjarnan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stjarnan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fram have scored away.
  • Stjarnan have the most scored goals (22) at home 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 15 12 2 1 36 12 8 7 0 1 19 5 7 5 2 0 17 7 24 38
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 15 6 4 5 16 20 7 4 1 2 7 3 8 2 3 3 9 17 -4 22
5 FH 14 6 3 5 26 27 6 5 1 0 16 6 8 1 2 5 10 21 -1 21
6 HK 16 5 4 7 27 32 8 2 3 3 11 14 8 3 1 4 16 18 -5 19
7 Stjarnan 15 5 3 7 27 21 8 5 1 2 22 10 7 0 2 5 5 11 6 18
8 IBV 16 5 2 9 19 28 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 1 1 6 8 19 -9 17
9 KA 14 5 2 7 16 26 8 4 2 2 14 14 6 1 0 5 2 12 -10 17
10 Fram 16 4 2 10 25 35 8 4 1 3 16 13 8 0 1 7 9 22 -10 14
11 Fylkir 16 3 4 9 22 35 9 3 2 4 16 20 7 0 2 5 6 15 -13 13
12 Keflavik 15 1 7 7 12 26 7 0 4 3 6 12 8 1 3 4 6 14 -14 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.