National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KA or Grindavík that keep their silverware dream alive.
KA have less rest than Grindavík in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pepsideild game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Stjarnan.
KA form and stats
Last season, KA's Iceland Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.KA have collected 11 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 3-2-2.
KA faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stjarnan (0-4). KA were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Previous to that game, a Pepsideild home match hosting Fram in a game that was won 4-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fylkir are coming to town in four days.
The KA fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. KA have conceded 13 from these games.
Grindavík form and stats
They also participated in Iceland Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.Grindavík are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Inkasso-Deildin.
The manager Sigurdsson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Grindavíkurvöllur. Grindavík suffered a 0-3 loss to Afturelding.
Preceding that game was the away Inkasso-Deildin victory against Vestri with the score of 2-0.The schedule is very tough for Grindavík now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Inkasso-Deildin game at Leiknir Reykjavik is waiting in only four days.
Grindavík have the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
KA have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (5-1-0) when facing Grindavík.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Sigurgeirsson 3 goals | J. Árnason 2 goals | B. Adalsteinsson 2 goals |
KA missing players
Grindavík missing players
| KA | Grindavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 30 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 49% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 32% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Valur | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | FH | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | KA | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 6 | HK | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Fram | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Fylkir | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | KR | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Stjarnan | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | IBV | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fjölnir | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Afturelding | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Grindavík | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Selfoss | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Thór | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 6 | Grotta | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Vestri | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Njardvik | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | IA | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Throttur Reykjavik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 12 | Ægir | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 1 |
