Get ready for a show! Today's starring antagonists are Valur and Víkingur Reykjavík, victory is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the most scored goals (57) in Pepsideild
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Víkingur Reykjavík's normal surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Víkingur Reykjavík have performed like this: Played 13 matches with the output 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat with the goal difference 28-13 (scored/conceded).
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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.
Valur form and stats
Valur have performed here at Origovöllurinn this season with 6 wins from 10 Pepsideild matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
Valur's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Víkingur Reykjavík (placed 1st). The first defeat after going unbeaten through four league games. As you see from the result above, Valur suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, Valur played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Keflavik.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Valur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The Valur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Víkingur Reykjavík have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 26 points collected from 10 Pepsideild games. 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Víkingur Reykjavík as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Two away matches in a row for Víkingur Reykjavík, whose coach Gunnlaugsson could celebrate last time after the win against Valur. As you can tell from the results above, Reykjavík was very dominant against Valur, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Hansen, Tómasson, Ingason and Djuric providing the goals.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting KR in the Iceland Cup (4-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Víkingur Reykjavík in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Víkingur Reykjavík, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this team's 13 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 26 goals in 10 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Valur - Víkingur Reykjavík 0-4. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Valur won two, Víkingur Reykjavík were winners in five and we saw three draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Haraldsson 11 goals |  B. Ingason 10 goals |  N. Hansen 10 goals |
Valur missing players
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
| Valur | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 26 | 57 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 65% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 25% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.8 | 7.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 51% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 46% | 49% |
| 9.2 | 10.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Víkingur Reykjavík have not yet lost a game away.
- Víkingur Reykjavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Víkingur Reykjavík have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Víkingur Reykjavík have scored in all their matches so far.
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (10) in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the most points (26) away in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the most scored goals (57) in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík have the the best goal difference (+42) in Pepsideild
- Víkingur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Víkingur Reykjavík is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 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 |
