Njardvík meet Ægir as obvious favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Wed 22.June
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Rafholtsvöllurinn (2880 seats)

A total of seven rounds of games are finished and both Njardvík and Ægir are doing great. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Njardvík have the most scored goals (23) in 2. Deild
  • Ægir have the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Deild

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the 2. Deild.

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Njardvík form and stats

Njardvík have collected seven points from their first three 2. Deild games here at Rafholtsvöllurinn, a promising start.

Njardvík are returning here after visiting Völsungur and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Haukar that ended 2-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Njardvík matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).

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

It's goals goals goals for Njardvík who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games. Njardvík are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rafholtsvöllurinn in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Ægir form and stats

Ægir are yet to lose a point on their 2. Deild travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Ægir hope to make it five in this match.

The regulars enjoyed Ægir's previous game versus KF (placed 7th), a 5-3 win played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against KF was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Völsungur.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ægir are hosting Fylkir in the Iceland Cup only four days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ægir have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Njardvík victories, zero draws and four Ægir wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Njardvík missing players

Ægir missing players

Njardvík Ægir
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
6 2 0 Won W 0 3 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
23 10 0 Scored S 0 4 14
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 57%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 43%
86% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
43% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 71%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
4.2 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 6.5
2.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6.5
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 15.2
6.8 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.5 6.8
52% 48% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 22%
 
7.8 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 8.2
3.2 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.2
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Njardvík's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Njardvík have not yet lost a game.
  • Njardvík have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Njardvík have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Njardvík have the most scored goals (23) in 2. Deild
  • Njardvík have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in 2. Deild
  • Njardvík have the the best goal difference (+16) in 2. Deild
  • Njardvík have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in 2. Deild
  • Njardvík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ægir have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ægir have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ægir have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in 2. Deild
  • Ægir have the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Deild
  • Ægir have the most clean sheets (3) away in 2. Deild
  • Ægir have the most clean sheets (5) in 2. Deild
  • Ægir have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in 2. Deild
  • Ægir have won all their away games so far.
  • Ægir have won significantly less corners away then 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 7 6 1 0 23 7 3 2 1 0 10 2 4 4 0 0 13 5 16 19
2 Ægir 7 6 1 0 14 4 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 3 0 0 4 0 10 19
3 Throttur Reykjavik 7 5 1 1 13 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 8 1 7 16
4 Völsungur 7 4 1 2 16 11 4 3 0 1 11 7 3 1 1 1 5 4 5 13
5 ÍR 7 3 2 2 12 9 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 6 7 3 11
6 Haukar 7 3 2 2 8 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 0 11
7 KF 7 1 4 2 14 13 3 1 2 0 5 1 4 0 2 2 9 12 1 7
8 Fjardabyggd / Leiknir 7 1 3 3 11 15 4 1 2 1 9 9 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 6
9 Vikingur Olafsvik 7 1 2 4 8 12 4 1 0 3 8 9 3 0 2 1 0 3 -4 5
10 Höttur / Huginn 7 1 2 4 8 14 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 6 10 -6 5
11 Magni 7 1 1 5 5 22 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 0 1 3 2 15 -17 4
12 Reynir 7 0 0 7 5 16 4 0 0 4 3 8 3 0 0 3 2 8 -11 0

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.