2. Deild match preview: Thróttur Vogar versus Völsungur

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Sat 05.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vogabæjarvöllur (1000 seats)

With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Thróttur Vogar fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Völsungur.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Thróttur and Völsungur.

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Thróttur Vogar form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Deild, Thróttur Vogar have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

The Thróttur crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Njardvik here at Vogabæjarvöllur in a 2. Deild match. Heartbreak before that as Thróttur Vogar lost 2-3 at Haukar's place.

There will be little rest for Thróttur after this match as they are travelling to IR for a 2. Deild game in only four days.

The Thróttur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Thróttur have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Völsungur form and stats

There's been little loot from Völsungur's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the 2. Deild. Völsungur, who have the most conceded goals (36) in 2. Deild, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws.

Völsungur play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Fjardabyggd (placed 7th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Selfoss.

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

The visiting Völsungur have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Völsungur concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Völsungur - Thróttur 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Thróttur Vogar two wins, zero draws and Völsungur three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Thróttur Vogar missing players

Völsungur missing players

Thróttur Vogar Völsungur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 6 14
6 3 2 Won W 1 1 2
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 0 5 11
20 11 6 Scored S 1 6 17
15 8 2 Conceded C 0 16 36
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 86%
54% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 86%
23% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 57%
23% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 36%
69% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 83% 79%
31% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 7%
8% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
6.7 7.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 3.6
4.2 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.3 5.3
3.1 3.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
96 62 10 Total Shots T S 0 31 47
42 25 5 Shots on Target S O 0 16 24
33% 32% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 50%
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • Thróttur Vogar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Thróttur Vogar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Völsungur has the most conceded goals (36)
  • Völsungur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Völsungur have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 Kordrengir 13 8 4 1 26 9 7 5 2 0 18 5 6 3 2 1 8 4 17 28
2 Selfoss 13 9 1 3 21 13 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 4 0 2 11 8 8 28
3 Haukar 13 8 0 5 26 18 7 4 0 3 13 11 6 4 0 2 13 7 8 24
4 Njardvik 13 7 3 3 23 16 6 3 1 2 10 7 7 4 2 1 13 9 7 24
5 Thróttur Vogar 13 6 4 3 20 15 7 3 2 2 11 8 6 3 2 1 9 7 5 22
6 KF 13 7 1 5 25 23 6 4 0 2 11 10 7 3 1 3 14 13 2 22
7 Fjardabyggd 13 6 3 4 22 17 7 5 0 2 16 8 6 1 3 2 6 9 5 21
8 Kari 13 4 4 5 20 17 7 3 2 2 13 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 3 16
9 IR 13 4 1 8 22 25 6 3 1 2 12 8 7 1 0 6 10 17 -3 13
10 Vidir 14 4 0 10 16 35 5 2 0 3 7 10 9 2 0 7 9 25 -19 12
11 Dalvik / Reynir 13 2 2 9 15 29 6 1 2 3 9 12 7 1 0 6 6 17 -14 8
12 Völsungur 14 2 1 11 17 36 8 1 1 6 11 20 6 1 0 5 6 16 -19 7

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.