Perhaps a welcome break from league football as HK & Grótta face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 quarter-finals last season in the Iceland Cup.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what HK have to build on here at Kórinn in the Inkasso-Deildin.
HK are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Grótta.
In the game before, an away victory in the Inkasso-Deildin match versus KV with a 3-1 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how HK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for HK as they have a new game in only three days, a Inkasso-Deildin match thankfully also at home. Afturelding are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the HK at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Grótta form and stats
Grótta was sent out of Iceland Cup in the 16th finals last season.Playing away, Grótta have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Inkasso-Deildin this season.
Grótta had fun at their own home (Kórinn) last time out, beating HK 2-0. Jörundsson and Halldórsson scored.
It was a Inkasso-Deildin defeat before that one as the away game against Selfoss wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Grótta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting KV in just four days.
1 goal so far away for Grótta, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): HK seven wins, one draw and Grótta two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Halldórsson 2 goals | S. Þorsteinsson 1 goals | K. Pétursson 1 goals |
HK missing players
Grótta missing players
| HK | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 71 | ||
| 54 | 33 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 46% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fylkir | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Selfoss | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Grótta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Grindavík | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Kórdrengir | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Thór | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Vestri | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | HK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Afturelding | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Throttur Vogar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 12 | KV | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
