Stjarnan favourites for feisty fight facing KR

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 21.Aug
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Samsung völlurinn (1440 seats)

4th place in the Pepsideild table for Stjarnan so far this season, a strong campaign. The home team supporters hope for more goals as 6th-placed KR visit Samsung völlurinn.

Insights:
  • Stjarnan have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Pepsideild
  • KR have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pepsideild

This football field has artifical turf, which is not KR's usual surface at their own football field. When playing on artifical turf KR have performed like this: Played ten matches with the output 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 16-21 (scored/conceded).

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.

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Stjarnan form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 Pepsideild games here at Samsung völlurinn for Stjarnan. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. After failing to beat Fylkir here at Samsung völlurinn, Stjarnan has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Stjarnan are confident in defense, having played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Stjarnan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fylkir away with the result 4-0. Atlason (2) and Gibbs found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Stjarnan "killed" Fylkir in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

In the game before, an away victory match versus IBV with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stjarnan handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Stjarnan are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (26 goals in 9 games). Stjarnan have conceded 10 in these home matches. 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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KR form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pepsideild travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Two away matches in a row for KR, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Vikingur Reykjavik in the Iceland Cup.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Fram in the Pepsideild.

We have checked recent matches where KR have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

KR are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The KR manager Kristinsson has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

KR - Stjarnan 1-0 was the end result in these sides' last head-to-head match, played this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Stjarnan, one draw and five wins for KR. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

StjarnanE. Atlason
E. Atlason
9 goals
StjarnanE. Guðmundsson
E. Guðmundsson
5 goals
KRÆ. Jónasson
Æ. Jónasson
4 goals

Stjarnan missing players

KR missing players

Stjarnan KR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
8 6 3 Won W 1 3 8
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
7 2 0 Lost L 2 3 7
38 26 14 Scored S 4 13 24
22 10 4 Conceded C 11 20 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
47% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 47%
42% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 26%
16% 22% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 33% 21%
37% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 42%
37% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 26%
26% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 32%
 
5.8 6.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.9 6.9
4.6 4.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6 5.9
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 11.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.7 11.8
5.5 6.6 8.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 5.3 4.3
36% 44% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 27% 29%
 
9.5 9.4 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.2 10.9
3.9 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.7 5.9 4.1
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of KR's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Stjarnan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KR have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pepsideild
  • KR 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 the most scored goals in the second half (27) 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 19 8 4 7 38 22 9 6 1 2 26 10 10 2 3 5 12 12 16 28
5 FH 19 8 4 7 36 39 9 6 1 2 21 14 10 2 3 5 15 25 -3 28
6 KR 19 8 4 7 24 31 10 5 1 4 11 11 9 3 3 3 13 20 -7 28
7 HK 20 6 6 8 34 42 10 3 4 3 16 17 10 3 2 5 18 25 -8 24
8 KA 19 6 4 9 25 37 10 4 4 2 16 16 9 2 0 7 9 21 -12 22
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

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.