Vodafonevöllurinn Húsavík: Völsungur vs Haukar 2. Deild preview

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Wed 28.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vodafonevöllurinn Húsavík (1000 seats)

Völsungur are ready for a new challenge after their 3-1 against 3-1 last time out. Haukar are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Völsungur have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in 2. Deild
  • Haukar have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in 2. Deild

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Völsungur form and stats

A good away victory last time out for Völsungur, who won 3-1 against IR (placed 7th).

Ahead of that match, Völsungur won a home game hosting Njardvik (1-0).

Goals decide football matches and Völsungur are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.

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Haukar form and stats

185 minutes! That's how long the Haukar goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Haukar has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Reynir for a 2. Deild game that ended a draw (0-0).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Leiknir Faskrudsfj..

The travelling fans enjoy Haukar's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. The Haukar manager I. Kostic has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Haukar - Völsungur 3-3 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: one win for Völsungur, one draw and seven wins for Haukar. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Völsungur missing players

Haukar missing players

Völsungur Haukar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
25 12 1 Scored S 0 11 28
24 10 2 Conceded C 0 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 92%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 92%
92% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 69%
58% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 54%
33% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 54%
75% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 62%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 23%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 23%
 
2.8 2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4 5.4
4.6 4.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.2 4
2.6 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.8 9.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7 9.9
5 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 5.1
36% 40% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 38%
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • Haukar have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in 2. Deild
  • Haukar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Völsungur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Völsungur have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Völsungur have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in 2. Deild
  • Völsungur have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Throttur Vogar 13 8 4 1 29 11 7 4 2 1 14 6 6 4 2 0 15 5 18 28
2 Njardvik 13 5 7 1 27 13 6 3 3 0 18 7 7 2 4 1 9 6 14 22
3 KV 12 6 4 2 24 16 6 4 1 1 14 8 6 2 3 1 10 8 8 22
4 KF 12 6 2 4 23 17 6 4 1 1 13 2 6 2 1 3 10 15 6 20
5 Völsungur 12 6 2 4 25 24 6 3 1 2 12 10 6 3 1 2 13 14 1 20
6 Haukar 13 5 4 4 28 24 7 3 2 2 17 11 6 2 2 2 11 13 4 19
7 IR 12 4 4 4 23 21 6 2 2 2 12 10 6 2 2 2 11 11 2 16
8 Reynir 13 4 4 5 22 24 7 2 3 2 11 10 6 2 1 3 11 14 -2 16
9 Magni 12 3 5 4 22 25 5 1 2 2 9 13 7 2 3 2 13 12 -3 14
10 Leiknir Faskrudsfj. 12 4 0 8 17 30 6 3 0 3 11 11 6 1 0 5 6 19 -13 12
11 Kari 12 1 3 8 15 28 6 0 3 3 8 12 6 1 0 5 7 16 -13 6
12 Fjardabyggd 12 0 5 7 6 28 6 0 2 4 4 18 6 0 3 3 2 10 -22 5

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.