Höttur / Huginn and Völsungur fans can't wait for 2. Deild bout at Vilhjálmsvöllur

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Tue 25.Jul
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Vilhjálmsvöllur (500 seats)

2. Deild: What this game might lack in elegance it should make up for in energy and attitude. Get set for Höttur / Huginn - Völsungur!

Insights:
  • Höttur / Huginn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Völsungur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 2. Deild game only three days ago.

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Höttur / Huginn form and stats

Höttur / Huginn have played 5 2. Deild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Höttur to get some points in this home game.

Höttur / Huginn haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 229 minutes ago. Spasic scored that one.

No payout for Höttur / Huginn in their previous match, an away game at Vikingur Olafsvik that ended in defeat 0-3.

Prior to that, an away loss at IR.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as KFG are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Höttur / Huginn in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Höttur's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Völsungur form and stats

There's been little loot from Völsungur's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the 2. Deild. Völsungur only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Völsungur seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Impressive finishing secured the home win 5-1 against KF in their previous game. As mentioned above, Völsungur was the only team on the pitch versus KF in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Before that, Völsungur secured a home win against IR with the score 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vikingur Olafsvik in just four days.

The visiting Völsungur have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. The Völsungur manager Gunnarsson has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Völsungur - Höttur / Huginn 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of contenders previously met, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Höttur victories, one draw and two Völsungur wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Höttur / Huginn missing players

Völsungur missing players

Höttur / Huginn Völsungur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 3 6 12
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 1 0 Lost L 3 5 6
16 9 1 Scored S 2 7 20
21 6 0 Conceded C 8 14 19
92% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
58% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 58%
42% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 42%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 33%
58% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
17% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 33%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 17%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.7 3.8
0.8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.7 4.6
0.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0.9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 3.3 3.5 5.5
0.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.7 2.7
267% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 70% 62%
 
3.2 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 5.3 7.3
1.4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.5 3.5
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • Höttur / Huginn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Höttur / Huginn have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Völsungur have created more than twice as many corners as Höttur / Huginn.
  • Völsungur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Völsungur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Völsungur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Olafsvik 12 8 2 2 27 17 6 6 0 0 20 5 6 2 2 2 7 12 10 26
2 Fjardabyggd / Leiknir 12 5 7 0 24 13 7 5 2 0 18 7 5 0 5 0 6 6 11 22
3 Dalvik / Reynir 12 6 4 2 24 16 6 4 1 1 15 8 6 2 3 1 9 8 8 22
4 KFG 12 6 2 4 20 15 6 3 1 2 11 9 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 20
5 IR 13 6 1 6 28 17 6 4 0 2 19 5 7 2 1 4 9 12 11 19
6 Throttur Vogar 12 5 4 3 20 17 6 3 3 0 11 6 6 2 1 3 9 11 3 19
7 Haukar 12 4 3 5 20 21 6 3 2 1 12 8 6 1 1 4 8 13 -1 15
8 Höttur / Huginn 12 4 2 6 16 21 5 3 1 1 9 6 7 1 1 5 7 15 -5 14
9 Völsungur 11 4 1 6 15 18 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 1 0 5 7 14 -3 13
10 Sindri 13 3 4 6 15 26 7 2 3 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 7 18 -11 13
11 KF 11 3 0 8 13 25 6 2 0 4 9 12 5 1 0 4 4 13 -12 9
12 KV 12 2 2 8 12 28 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 1 0 5 6 18 -16 8

Read more about 2. Deild

The 2. deild karla (Second Division for men) is the third highest tier of football in Iceland. It has twelve teams playing each other twice; 22 fixtures in total. The top two teams in the league table after the final game week earn promotion while the bottom two face relegation.