Perhaps a welcome break from league football as ÍA & Keflavík face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an entertaining game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
ÍA form and stats
ÍA was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Iceland Cup.ÍA have collected 15 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 4-3-4. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Iceland Cup for ÍA. Two home wins in a row for ÍA bring valid hopes of a third.
It's back home for ÍA, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Keflavík away with the result 3-2. G. Tyrfingsson, A. Davey and S. Magnússon found the net in that victory. An impressive turnaround for ÍA in the match against Keflavík as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. S. Magnússon scored the final goal.
Ahead of that match, ÍA won a home game hosting Fylkir (5-0).A decent goal production from ÍA in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, ÍA have conceded 16 goals.
Keflavík form and stats
Keflavík was sent out of Iceland Cup in the 16th finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Keflavík so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Total Iceland Cup statistics for Keflavík: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
The manager S. Eyjolfsson was unhappy after their last game, a Pepsideild match played at their home ground Nettóvöllurinn. Keflavík suffered a 2-3 loss to ÍA. A huge disappointment for Keflavík in their last match (vs ÍA). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Leiknir Reykjavik.The attacking power of Keflavík when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Keflavík's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (ÍA wins - draws - Keflavík wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gibbs 10 goals |   S. Þorsteinsson 4 goals | G. Unnarsson 4 goals |
ÍA missing players
Keflavík missing players
| ÍA | Keflavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 51% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 48 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 47 |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | KA | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | FH | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Stjarnan | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 22 |
| 8 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 | -14 | 22 |
| 9 | ÍA | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -15 | 21 |
| 10 | Keflavík | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 11 | HK | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Fylkir | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -33 | 16 |