Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round between Breidablik and Shamrock Rovers. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Shamrock Rovers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they played a Pepsideild match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Fram, so at least Breidablik are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Breidablik form and stats
Action has already taken place for Breidablik in Champions League as they have defeated Tre Penne and Buducnost to reach the 1st Qualifying Round.Breidablik are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here at Kópavogsvöllur. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Breidablik has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Breidablik are returning here after visiting Fram and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Hlynsson scored the goal(s).
In the game before, a nice away win at Shamrock Rovers. A Champions League game.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pepsideild game versus IBV in only four days. This game is also played here at Kópavogsvöllur.
Breidablik have conceded 11 from these games.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season, when Ludogorets turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Shamrock Rovers are looking to quickly end their 243 minutes long goal drought in the Premier Division.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home defeat versus Breidablik with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that match was the Premier Division away draw versus Drogheda United that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Shamrock Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Shamrock Rovers, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Shamrock has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Shamrock Rovers as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H encounter ended Shamrock Rovers - Breidablik 0-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Gaffney 8 goals |  G. Burke 7 goals |  R. Towell 4 goals |
Breidablik missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Breidablik | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 60 | 26 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 78% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 56% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 15.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 48% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | FH | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | KR | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 6 | HK | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 17 |
| 7 | KA | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | IBV | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Stjarnan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Fram | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Cork City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
