It's time for cup football and it's the Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A Group Stage between HK and Grótta. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
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.
HK form and stats
HK was eliminated in the 5th place final last season in the Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A.When playing at home in the Pepsideild, HK have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for HK, who played 1-1 against KR. That match was also played at this venue (Kórinn). Preceding that match was a Pepsideild defeat to Stjarnan (2-3).
The hometeam coach B. Gunnarsson made a successful contribution in the game against KR, bringing on A. Marteinsson who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The HK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the HK defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Grótta form and stats
Last season their Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A adventure ended in the 5th place final.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grótta so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Grótta are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Fjölnir fixture.
Preceding that game, the 0-6 loss visiting Valur's place.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grótta as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. The Grótta manager Á. Gylfason has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): HK nine wins, one draw and Grótta zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.HK missing players
Grótta missing players
| HK | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Conceded | C | 29 | 54 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.8 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | IA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | HK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Grótta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valur | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | FH | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | KR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | KA | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | IA | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | HK | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Grótta | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -25 | 6 |