Nesfisk-völlurinn: Vídir vs Selfoss 2. Deild preview

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Wed 09.September
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Nesfisk-völlurinn (2000 seats)

The visiting Selfoss side should be favourites in this visit to Vídir, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Vídir form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Deild for Vídir at their home stadium (Nesfisk-völlurinn) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Vídir bring valid hopes of a third.

Vídir lost their last game at IR (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Vídir won a home game hosting Fjardabyggd (5-2).

Vídir are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Vídir have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Selfoss form and stats

Selfoss's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Selfoss collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the 2. Deild. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Selfoss have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Momentum is building for Selfoss in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Haukar in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Völsungur with the score of 1-0.

Selfoss has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Selfoss in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Vídir victory, zero draws and two Selfoss wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Vídir missing players

Selfoss missing players

Vídir Selfoss
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 5 2 Played P 1 6 13
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 9
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
10 3 2 Lost L 0 2 3
16 7 0 Scored S 1 11 21
35 10 5 Conceded C 0 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 62%
79% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 62%
36% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
29% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 62%
14% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 31%
36% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
4.7 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.1
6.5 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 4.3
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
75 30 17 Total Shots T S 0 40 98
31 9 4 Shots on Target S O 0 21 41
42% 78% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 44%
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Vídir's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Selfoss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Selfoss have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Selfoss haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Selfoss is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Vídir has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
  • Vídir has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
  • Vídir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vídir 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 Kórdrengir 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 Njardvík 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 Kári 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 Vídir 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.