ÍR will want to draw on their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opposition. The host team are currently 11 points behind Thróttur Reykjavík.
- ÍR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Thróttur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in 2. Deild
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased stress and significance.
Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a 2. Deild fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Höttur / Huginn, so at least ÍR are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
ÍR form and stats
ÍR have played 6 2. Deild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The ÍR manager Hédinsson and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Höttur / Huginn (placed 10th).
In the match before that, ÍR hosted KF and drew the game 3-3.Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 11 league games from this club have had goals from both sides.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Thróttur Reykjavík form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in 2. Deild, on their 2. Deild travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Reykjavík seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Thróttur Reykjavík play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Njardvík (placed 1st).
Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Höttur / Huginn.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Thróttur Reykjavík playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Thróttur Reykjavík win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The visiting Thróttur Reykjavík have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. Reykjavík are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the final score Thróttur Reykjavík - ÍR 2-1 logged in the official records. Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for ÍR, zero draws and nine wins for Thróttur Reykjavík. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.ÍR missing players
Thróttur Reykjavík missing players
| ÍR | Thróttur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 85% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 9.3 | 9.8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 13.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 37% | 41% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 34% |
| 7.1 | 6.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 10.4 | 9.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
- All of ÍR's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Thróttur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in 2. Deild
- Thróttur Reykjavík have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Thróttur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- ÍR have created more than twice as many corners as Thróttur Reykjavík.
- ÍR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ÍR have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- ÍR 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 | Njardvík | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 33 | 37 |
| 2 | Ægir | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Völsungur | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Haukar | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | KF | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | ÍR | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Fjardabyggd / Leiknir | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Höttur / Huginn | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Reynir | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 6 |
| 12 | Magni | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -22 | 6 |
