Njardvík fights ÍR in 2. Deild battle

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Thu 10.June
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Rafholtsvöllurinn (2880 seats)

This promises to be another interesting encounter at Rafholtsvöllurinn in the 2. Deild. Njardvík is in 6th position and welcome ÍR in 1st place. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Njardvík have not yet lost a game.
  • ÍR have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 2. Deild

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Njardvík form and stats

Two 2. Deild home games so far for Njardvík, who are yet to win here at Rafholtsvöllurinn. Only 2 points so far. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Njardvík drew their last game, 1-1 away at Fjardabyggd (placed 11th).

Before that match, a win away at Kari.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Njardvík have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost one.

At Rafholtsvöllurinn, Njardvík has the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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ÍR form and stats

ÍR, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 2. Deild, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the 2. Deild.

ÍR delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against KV (placed 4th) in their previous match; a 2. Deild game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-1 at Magni.

ÍR are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

ÍR have the goal stats of 7-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Njardvík, two draws and seven wins for ÍR. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Njardvík missing players

ÍR missing players

Njardvík ÍR
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 3
4 2 2 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
9 4 4 Scored S 2 7 11
7 4 4 Conceded C 1 2 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
40% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 80%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5 5
4.8 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6.4
2 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 7.5 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12 10.4
4.2 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5 4.8
41% 44% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 70% 46%
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Njardvík's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of ÍR's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Njardvík have not yet lost a game.
  • Njardvík have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Njardvík have yet to win a game at home.
  • Njardvík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ÍR have scored in all their matches so far.
  • ÍR have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 2. Deild
  • ÍR have the the best goal difference (+5) away in 2. Deild
  • ÍR have won all their away games so far.
  • ÍR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Njardvík Last season ÍR
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
20 10   Played P   10 20
12 5   Won W   2 6
4 2   Drew D   0 1
4 3   Lost L   8 13
39 17   Scored S   14 31
26 12   Conceded C   23 39
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
95% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
70% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 75%
35% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   70% 50%
20% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 30%
75% 70%   BTTS BTTS   70% 75%
15% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 10%
10% 10%   Failed to Score F T   20% 15%
 
5.7 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.9
5.7 6.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 4
2 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.5
5.5 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.5
35% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ÍR 5 3 1 1 11 8 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 3 10
2 KF 5 3 1 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 10
3 Thróttur Vogar 5 2 3 0 13 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 8 4 7 9
4 KV 5 2 3 0 11 8 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 3 0 6 6 3 9
5 Reynir 5 3 0 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 9
6 Njardvík 5 1 4 0 9 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 7
7 Haukar 5 2 1 2 12 11 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 6 6 1 7
8 Völsungur 5 2 1 2 10 11 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 8 -1 7
9 Leiknir Faskrudsfj. 5 2 0 3 7 10 3 2 0 1 7 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 6
10 Magni 5 1 1 3 9 13 2 0 1 1 3 7 3 1 0 2 6 6 -4 4
11 Fjardabyggd 5 0 2 3 2 11 3 0 1 2 1 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 -9 2
12 Kari 5 0 1 4 7 12 3 0 1 2 6 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 1

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.