National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KA or Leiknir Reykjavík that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Pepsideild match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Vikingur Reykjavik, was also a home game here at Akureyrarvöllur. The away team is better rested.
KA's stadium, Akureyrarvöllur, has a grass surface. Leiknir Reykjavík have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Leiknir Reykjavík when playing on grass; 11 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses from 29 matches. They have scored 43 goals in these games and conceded 46.
KA form and stats
Last season, KA's Iceland Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for KA so far this season.
KA drew their last game, also a home match. Vikingur Reykjavik was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting IA (1-3).
The manager Ó. Flóventsson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stjarnan in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from KA's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats
Leiknir Reykjavík was sent out of Iceland Cup in the 2nd round last season.As the visiting team in Inkasso-Deildin matches, Leiknir Reykjavík have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far. Things are running smoothly for Reykjavík who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Fram.
It's the second away game in a row for Reykjavík, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Throttur Reykjavik in the Inkasso-Deildin last time out.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vestri in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Leiknir Reykjavík has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four KA victories, one draw and five Leiknir Reykjavík wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Aðalsteinsson 13 goals | H. Steingrímsson 11 goals |  S. Leifsson 10 goals |
KA missing players
Leiknir Reykjavík missing players
| KA | Leiknir Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 28 | 51 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 24 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 274 | 139 | Total Shots | T S | 142 | 290 | ||
| 119 | 62 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 153 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 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 | Breidablik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | HK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | IA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Valur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | KR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Fjölnir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | KA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Grótta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -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 | Keflavik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Fram | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Leiknir Reykjavík | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | ÍBV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Thór | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Grindavik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Throttur Reykjavik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Magni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Vestri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Leiknir Faskrudsfj. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Afturelding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |