Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. vs Völsungur: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Fjarðabyggðarhöllin (400 seats)

A quick look at the 2. Deild table suggests advantage Völsungur when they travel to Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj.. But; let's play before the points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Völsungur have the most scored goals (37) in 2. Deild

It's no vacation for neither Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. nor Völsungur 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Völsungur have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-1-4 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.

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Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Deild, Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Fáskrúdsfj..

Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. manager B. Skúlason and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Kári (placed 11th) in the 2. Deild.

Prior to that, an away loss at Reynir.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fáskrúdsfj. as they are travelling to their away game against Thróttur Vogar in the 2. Deild. That match is four days after this one.

Fáskrúdsfj. have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fjarðabyggðarhöllin with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Völsungur form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (37) in 2. Deild, on their 2. Deild travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Reynir in their previous game.

A 0-6 defeat away at Valur before that.

The schedule is very tough for Völsungur now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 2. Deild game at Kári is waiting in only four days.

The Völsungur manager J. Gunnarsson has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Völsungur, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Völsungur - Fáskrúdsfj. 1-3 was the result in these contenders' last h2h match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - one - two (Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. wins - draws - Völsungur wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. missing players

Völsungur missing players

Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. Völsungur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 9
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
9 3 2 Lost L 0 2 4
22 13 2 Scored S 6 15 37
38 13 4 Conceded C 3 16 28
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 71% 62%
31% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 31%
62% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 75%
19% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 19%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 6%
 
6.9 7.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 2.9
5 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 4.7 4.7
2.1 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 2.8 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.4 14 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.8 10.2
5.8 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.3 5.3
15% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 32% 34%
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Völsungur's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. have created more than twice as many corners as Völsungur.
  • Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Deild
  • Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in 2. Deild
  • Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Völsungur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Völsungur have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in 2. Deild
  • Völsungur have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in 2. Deild
  • Völsungur have the most scored goals (37) in 2. Deild
  • Völsungur have won significantly more corners away than 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 Thróttur Vogar 16 10 5 1 33 13 9 5 3 1 16 7 7 5 2 0 17 6 20 35
2 Völsungur 16 9 3 4 37 28 9 6 1 2 22 12 7 3 2 2 15 16 9 30
3 KV 16 8 4 4 30 22 8 5 1 2 17 11 8 3 3 2 13 11 8 28
4 Njardvík 16 6 8 2 35 18 8 4 4 0 25 9 8 2 4 2 10 9 17 26
5 KF 16 7 4 5 30 24 8 5 2 1 17 5 8 2 2 4 13 19 6 25
6 Magni 16 6 6 4 32 29 8 4 2 2 18 16 8 2 4 2 14 13 3 24
7 ÍR 16 5 7 4 26 22 7 2 3 2 13 11 9 3 4 2 13 11 4 22
8 Reynir 16 5 5 6 30 32 8 3 3 2 15 11 8 2 2 4 15 21 -2 20
9 Haukar 16 5 4 7 30 30 8 3 2 3 18 13 8 2 2 4 12 17 0 19
10 Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. 16 4 3 9 22 38 8 3 2 3 13 13 8 1 1 6 9 25 -16 15
11 Kári 16 1 6 9 23 37 8 0 5 3 13 17 8 1 1 6 10 20 -14 9
12 Fjardabyggd 16 0 5 11 8 43 7 0 2 5 4 20 9 0 3 6 4 23 -35 5

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.