Rafholtsvöllurinn: Njardvík vs Völsungur 2. Deild preview

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rafholtsvöllurinn (2880 seats)

Völsungur should not bank on any gifts from their host Njardvík in this 2. Deild fixture. Here's the complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Njardvík have the most scored goals (31) at home in 2. Deild
  • Völsungur have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 2. Deild

This could be an entertaining match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

Njardvík are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Völsungur are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Njardvík form and stats

Njardvík have collected 19 points from their 2. Deild home games so far after 5-4-1.

Njardvík faced defeat in their previous match, away at Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. (1-3).

Ahead of that match, Njardvík lost 0-2 at home to Reynir.

Njardvík always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Rafholtsvöllurinn with 31 goals in 10 league games. On the other hand, Njardvík have conceded 12 goals.

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Völsungur form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Deild.

Völsungur played 1-1 against KV in their previous match.

Prior to that match, the Völsungur manager J. Gunnarsson faced defeat when travelling to Magni and losing 1-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Völsungur's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. The Völsungur manager J. Gunnarsson has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other already this season, with the match result Völsungur - Njardvík 1-0 registered in the official records. Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Njardvík, four draws and two wins for Völsungur. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Njardvík missing players

Völsungur missing players

Njardvík Völsungur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 5 1 Won W 0 4 11
8 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
45 31 6 Scored S 5 19 43
28 12 5 Conceded C 10 22 35
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
52% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 86%
48% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 52%
24% 40% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 30% 24%
67% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 76%
24% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 19%
14% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 5%
 
6.7 7.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 3.9
5.3 5 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 4.7
2.4 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.1 12.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.1 10.5
6 7.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 6.1 5.3
41% 46% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 33%
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Njardvík's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Völsungur's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Njardvík have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Njardvík have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Njardvík have the most scored goals (31) at home in 2. Deild
  • Njardvík have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in 2. Deild
  • Njardvík haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Völsungur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Völsungur have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) 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 21 12 6 3 43 20 11 6 4 1 20 9 10 6 2 2 23 11 23 42
2 KV 21 11 5 5 38 29 10 7 1 2 22 13 11 4 4 3 16 16 9 38
3 Völsungur 21 11 4 6 43 35 11 7 2 2 24 13 10 4 2 4 19 22 8 37
4 KF 21 10 4 7 40 31 11 7 2 2 21 9 10 3 2 5 19 22 9 34
5 Magni 21 9 7 5 42 35 10 6 2 2 24 18 11 3 5 3 18 17 7 34
6 Njardvík 21 8 8 5 45 28 10 5 4 1 31 12 11 3 4 4 14 16 17 32
7 Reynir 21 9 5 7 46 41 11 6 3 2 28 16 10 3 2 5 18 25 5 32
8 Haukar 21 8 4 9 44 39 10 4 2 4 24 15 11 4 2 5 20 24 5 28
9 IR 21 7 7 7 36 33 10 4 3 3 21 17 11 3 4 4 15 16 3 28
10 Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. 21 6 3 12 28 45 11 5 2 4 19 16 10 1 1 8 9 29 -17 21
11 Fjardabyggd 21 2 5 14 17 59 10 2 2 6 9 25 11 0 3 8 8 34 -42 11
12 Kári 21 1 6 14 26 53 11 0 5 6 15 27 10 1 1 8 11 26 -27 9

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.