Völsungur vs Víkingur Ólafsvík: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: Iceland 2. Deild
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

A peek at the 2. Deild standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Get our Völsungur - Víkingur Ólafsvík preview!

Insights:
  • Völsungur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in 2. Deild
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) 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

Völsungur are steadily winning 2. Deild games and points here. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

Völsungur drew their last game, 1-1 away at Reynir (placed 12th).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Magni.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this team has contained three or more goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fjardabyggd / Leiknir are coming to town in four days.

Völsungur are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.

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Víkingur Ólafsvík form and stats

Víkingur Ólafsvík have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 2. Deild, after 1-3-2 (6 played).

Víkingur are travelling after their nice 5-2 home win in the fixture against Ægir (placed 3rd). As you can tell from the result, the match against Ægir was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Before that, Víkingur Ólafsvík travelled to Haukar and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Take note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 2. Deild trip to Njardvík.

Víkingur Ólafsvík are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Víkingur rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Víkingur Ólafsvík - Völsungur 1-3. Head-to-head numbers (for the last five meetings): Völsungur won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Víkingur Ólafsvík got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three

Völsungur missing players

Víkingur Ólafsvík missing players

Völsungur Víkingur Ólafsvík
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
5 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 6
24 16 6 Scored S 0 7 21
18 10 2 Conceded C 3 10 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 83%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 75%
58% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 58%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
6.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.2
4.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.2 6.2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 7
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.8
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.5 11.5
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.5 6.5
Key stats in 2. Deild this season:
  • All of Völsungur's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in 2. Deild
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Víkingur Ólafsvík have scored away.
  • Völsungur have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Völsungur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) 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 Njardvík 12 11 1 0 41 9 6 5 1 0 24 2 6 6 0 0 17 7 32 34
2 Thróttur Reykjavík 12 8 2 2 22 14 6 4 1 1 13 10 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 26
3 Ægir 12 8 1 3 23 18 6 5 1 0 15 4 6 3 0 3 8 14 5 25
4 Völsungur 12 5 4 3 24 18 6 4 1 1 16 10 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 19
5 Haukar 12 5 4 3 19 13 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 3 2 1 14 8 6 19
6 Fjardabyggd / Leiknir 12 4 3 5 22 24 7 3 2 2 16 14 5 1 1 3 6 10 -2 15
7 ÍR 12 4 3 5 19 22 6 3 2 1 12 10 6 1 1 4 7 12 -3 15
8 Víkingur Ólafsvík 12 3 3 6 21 24 6 2 0 4 14 14 6 1 3 2 7 10 -3 12
9 KF 12 2 6 4 22 27 5 2 2 1 9 5 7 0 4 3 13 22 -5 12
10 Höttur / Huginn 12 2 4 6 15 23 5 0 3 2 4 7 7 2 1 4 11 16 -8 10
11 Magni 12 1 3 8 10 31 6 1 1 4 6 12 6 0 2 4 4 19 -21 6
12 Reynir 12 1 2 9 11 26 7 0 2 5 8 14 5 1 0 4 3 12 -15 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.