This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Olimpija at Stadion Stožice when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Víkingur Reykjavík with it. Read all about the 1st Qualifying Round match here!
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Olimpija form and stats
Last season, Olimpija's Europa League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Overall 1. SNL stats at home this season for Olimpija are 9-2-7 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Olimpija, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Olimpija manager D. Skender and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Celje in the 1. SNL. Before that game, the home loss against Tabor Sezana with the scoreline 1-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olimpija as they are travelling to their away game against Koper in the 1. SNL. That match is three days after this one.
Olimpija have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Stožice with 35 goals in 18 league matches. Olimpija have conceded 25 in these home matches.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Víkingur Reykjavík playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season. It's three draws from Reykjavík's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Reykjavík are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Fjölnir. The game before that, in the Pepsideild, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Breidablik.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Pepsideild trip to FH.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Víkingur Reykjavík are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Hlynsson 5 goals | Ó. Karlsson 5 goals |
Olimpija missing players
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
| Olimpija | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 56 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Conceded | C | 14 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 255 | 164 | Total Shots | T S | 127 | 269 | ||
| 111 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 123 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celje | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 74 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 38 | 69 |
| 2 | Olimpija | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 29 | 67 |
| 3 | Maribor | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 67 |
| 4 | Mura | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 56 |
| 5 | Aluminij | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 55 |
| 6 | Bravo | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 33 | -3 | 49 |
| 7 | Tabor Sezana | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 51 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 46 |
| 8 | Domzale | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 38 | -12 | 43 |
| 9 | Triglav | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 87 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | -43 | 32 |
| 10 | Rudar Velenje | 36 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 44 | -52 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valur | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | FH | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | KR | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | FH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | IA | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | HK | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | KA | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Grotta | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -16 | 4 |