It's time for cup football and it's the Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A Group Stage between Stjarnan and Grindavík. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A game only three days ago. That game, against IA, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Grindavík.
Grindavík play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Grindavík when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 14 goals and conceded 23 times in these games.
Stjarnan form and stats
Stjarnan was eliminated in the final last season in the Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A.6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Stjarnan so far this season.
Stjarnan's last game was hosting Grotta and winning 4-1. 2-2 away at IA before that.
The Stjarnan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Stjarnan have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Grindavík form and stats
Grindavík's mission in Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A last season failed in the 5th place final.Grindavík have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 0-5-6 (11 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Grindavík, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus IA. A 0-4 defeat away at Grotta before that.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Grindavík have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 6 - 0 (Stjarnan wins - draws - Grindavík wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Stjarnan missing players
Grindavík missing players
| Stjarnan | Grindavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 80% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 44% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 305 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 209 | ||
| 146 | 85 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 90 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stjarnan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | IA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Grotta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Grindavík | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 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 | KR | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | FH | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | KA | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | HK | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | IA | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Grindavík | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | IBV | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -29 | 10 |