Völsungur vs ÍR match preview

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Wed 29.June
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)

The host team, Völsungur, should be the favourites in this fixture, but ÍR have proven both competence and determination. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Völsungur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • ÍR have created more than twice as many corners as Völsungur.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Iceland Cup game only three days ago. That game, against FH, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for ÍR.

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Völsungur form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Deild for Völsungur at their home stadium is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The home team returns after drawing with Höttur / Huginn (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was the home game against Njardvík that was lost 2-3.

The manager Gunnarsson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Thróttur Reykjavík in only four days.

Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Völsungur has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. Völsungur have conceded 7 from these games.

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ÍR form and stats

Playing away, ÍR have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the 2. Deild this season.

Two away matches in a row for ÍR, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-6 vs FH in the Iceland Cup.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Haukar.

ÍR are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. As for defending, ÍR rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Völsungur three wins, two draws and ÍR five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Völsungur missing players

ÍR missing players

Völsungur ÍR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
17 11 6 Scored S 1 6 12
12 7 3 Conceded C 2 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 75%
62% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
25% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 9.8
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 12.6
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 4.6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 30%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 5
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 2.2
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Völsungur's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Völsungur have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Völsungur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Völsungur have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Völsungur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ÍR have created more than twice as many corners as Völsungur.
  • ÍR have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • ÍR have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Njardvík 8 7 1 0 29 7 4 3 1 0 16 2 4 4 0 0 13 5 22 22
2 Thróttur Reykjavík 8 6 1 1 16 7 4 3 0 1 8 6 4 3 1 0 8 1 9 19
3 Ægir 8 6 1 1 14 10 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 4 6 4 19
4 Völsungur 8 4 2 2 17 12 4 3 0 1 11 7 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 14
5 Haukar 8 4 2 2 11 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 14
6 ÍR 8 3 2 3 12 12 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 1 1 2 6 7 0 11
7 KF 7 1 4 2 14 13 3 1 2 0 5 1 4 0 2 2 9 12 1 7
8 Fjardabyggd / Leiknir 8 1 3 4 12 18 4 1 2 1 9 9 4 0 1 3 3 9 -6 6
9 Höttur / Huginn 8 1 3 4 9 15 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 1 0 3 6 10 -6 6
10 Víkingur Ólafsvík 7 1 2 4 8 12 4 1 0 3 8 9 3 0 2 1 0 3 -4 5
11 Magni 8 1 1 6 5 23 4 1 0 3 3 8 4 0 1 3 2 15 -18 4
12 Reynir 8 1 0 7 6 16 4 0 0 4 3 8 4 1 0 3 3 8 -10 3

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.