Meistaradeildin match preview: KÍ versus EB / Streymur

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Competition: Faroe Islands Meistaradeildin
Competition: Fri 16.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Injector Arena (2500 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The KÍ fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and EB / Streymur's 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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KÍ form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Injector Arena as KÍ have scored 23 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Meistaradeildin are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). KÍ has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Injector Arena. We remember; it was NSI.

The KÍ goalkeeper Kristian Joensen is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Meistaradeildin.

In their previous game, the manager M. Thomassen led his KÍ to a defeat in the Europa League match away at Dundalk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Injector Arena. Before that, KÍ had a home game versus Dinamo Tbilisi which ended with a victory 6-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Meistaradeildin game versus B36 in only four days. This game is also played here at Injector Arena.

KÍ are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Injector Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 9 matches. From these home matches, KÍ have conceded only 6 goals.

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EB / Streymur form and stats

EB / Streymur have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Meistaradeildin, after 2-2-7 (11 played).

Streymur's previous game was their home loss versus B36 (2-6). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus IF that ended 1-1.

Streymur lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Streymur as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Streymur have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was EB / Streymur - KÍ 0-7, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - zero - one (KÍ wins - draws - EB / Streymur wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KÍJ. Bjartalíð
J. Bjartalíð
13 goals
KÍP. Klettskard
P. Klettskard
8 goals
KÍJ. Johannesen
J. Johannesen
7 goals

KÍ missing players

EB / Streymur missing players

EB / Streymur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 11 23
15 7 3 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 3 7 15
58 23 7 Scored S 1 9 21
18 6 1 Conceded C 6 24 56
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 78%
70% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 57%
40% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 39%
40% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 30%
45% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 43%
50% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
10% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
289 117 35 Total Shots T S 20 91 182
132 53 17 Shots on Target S O 4 23 63
44% 43% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 39% 33%
Key stats in Meistaradeildin this season:
  • All of KÍ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • EB / Streymur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • EB / Streymur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KÍ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • KÍ have scored more than double the goals of EB / Streymur.
  • KÍ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 19 1 2 67 18 10 9 1 0 36 6 12 10 0 2 31 12 49 58
2 NSI 22 16 2 4 45 17 11 9 0 2 28 9 11 7 2 2 17 8 28 50
3 20 15 3 2 58 18 9 7 1 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 35 12 40 48
4 B36 21 15 1 5 64 29 11 8 1 2 36 15 10 7 0 3 28 14 35 46
5 Vikingur 22 14 2 6 47 30 11 7 1 3 27 14 11 7 1 3 20 16 17 44
6 IF 22 6 5 11 28 46 11 4 1 6 15 19 11 2 4 5 13 27 -18 23
7 EB / Streymur 23 6 2 15 21 56 12 4 0 8 12 32 11 2 2 7 9 24 -35 20
8 TB 23 3 6 14 15 31 13 1 4 8 6 15 10 2 2 6 9 16 -16 15
9 AB 22 0 7 15 14 64 11 0 5 6 7 27 11 0 2 9 7 37 -50 7
10 Skala 23 0 3 20 16 66 11 0 2 9 9 33 12 0 1 11 7 33 -50 3

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.