HB looking for adventure and three points in Meistaradeildin trip to EB / Streymur

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Competition: Faroe Islands Meistaradeildin
Competition: Wed 23.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Við Margáir (1000 seats)

The visiting HB side should be favourites in this visit to EB / Streymur, as the away team holds a 30 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Streymur nor HB as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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EB / Streymur form and stats

EB / Streymur have collected 12 points from their Meistaradeildin home games so far after 4-0-6.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus HB in the Meistaradeildin last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting NSÍ (1-4).

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Streymur have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn two and lost four from six games. four defeats by at least two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Streymur here at Við Margáir in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Streymur have conceded 21 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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HB form and stats

The away team, who have the the best goal difference (+41) in Meistaradeildin, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Meistaradeildin.

HB are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at EB / Streymur (placed 7th). A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs ÍF.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with HB given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed five matches with four wins as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won three of these games by at least two goals.

The HB manager J. Askou has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 10 league matches. As opposed to that, HB have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Streymur - HB 0-2 earlier this season. EB / Streymur-HB H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: EB / Streymur three wins, HB seven wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HBM. Dahl
M. Dahl
10 goals
HBA. Justinussen
A. Justinussen
8 goals
HBD. Í Soylu
D. Í Soylu
6 goals

EB / Streymur missing players

HB missing players

EB / Streymur HB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 3 11 20
6 4 0 Won W 3 8 16
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
13 6 2 Lost L 0 2 2
17 9 0 Scored S 9 24 57
44 21 10 Conceded C 1 10 16
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
71% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 85%
52% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 65%
33% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 45%
24% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 30%
33% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 45%
24% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 50%
48% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.5 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
151 73 6 Total Shots T S 35 126 305
51 31 0 Shots on Target S O 18 53 131
33% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 44%
Key stats in Meistaradeildin this season:
  • EB / Streymur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • HB has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Meistaradeildin
  • HB has the most points from losing position (10) in Meistaradeildin
  • HB has the the best goal difference (+41) in Meistaradeildin
  • HB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • HB have scored more than double the goals of EB / Streymur.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 HB 19 16 1 2 57 16 9 8 1 0 33 6 10 8 0 2 24 10 41 49
2 KI 20 15 3 2 58 18 9 7 1 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 35 12 40 48
3 NSÍ 20 14 2 4 39 15 10 8 0 2 24 8 10 6 2 2 15 7 24 44
4 B36 18 13 1 4 54 24 10 8 1 1 35 13 8 5 0 3 19 11 30 40
5 Vikingur 20 12 2 6 41 29 10 6 1 3 23 13 10 6 1 3 18 16 12 38
6 ÍF 19 6 2 11 22 40 10 4 0 6 14 18 9 2 2 5 8 22 -18 20
7 EB / Streymur 20 6 1 13 17 44 10 4 0 6 9 21 10 2 1 7 8 23 -27 19
8 TB 21 3 5 13 14 28 11 1 3 7 5 12 10 2 2 6 9 16 -14 14
9 AB 20 0 7 13 12 58 10 0 5 5 6 25 10 0 2 8 6 33 -46 7
10 Skála 19 0 2 17 10 52 9 0 1 8 4 26 10 0 1 9 6 26 -42 2

Read more about Meistaradeildin

The Meistaradeildin, or the Faroe Islands Premier League, is the top level of football in this small European country. It was founded in 1942. Ten teams play three fixtures vs each other to set the final league table. Two teams are relegated while the top team is the champion.