Perhaps a welcome break from league football as KR & Fjölnir face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither KR nor Fjölnir as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
KR form and stats
Last season, KR's Iceland Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Overall Pepsideild stats at home this season for KR are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
KR travelled for their previous game, a trip to KA that ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Pepsideild home game that ended 2-2 versus Fjölnir.
A decent goal production from KR in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KR defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Fjölnir form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The visitors are W0-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Pepsideild. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Fjölnir, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Thór game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Two points from the last two away games for Fjölnir, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Fjölnir in their previous game, as they lost their Pepsideild-match, hosting Valur, 1-3. Ahead of that match was the Pepsideild away draw versus KR that ended 2-2.
Fjölnir find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Fjölnir have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
KR-Fjölnir H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: KR four wins, Fjölnir two wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Pálmason 8 goals |  Ó. Hauksson 7 goals |
KR missing players
Fjölnir missing players
| KR | Fjölnir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 62 | 22 | Scored | S | 29 | 51 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 253 | 142 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 242 | ||
| 119 | 61 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 110 | ||
| 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valur | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | KR | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Fylkir | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Breidablik | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | FH | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | FH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | IA | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | KA | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | HK | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Grótta | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -14 | 3 |