Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Thróttur Reykjavík & Víkingur Ólafsvík face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Thróttur Reykjavík and Víkingur Ólafsvík should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Thróttur Reykjavík form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Iceland Cup for Reykjavík, as the manager G. Baldursson led his troops to eliminate KB, and reach the 2nd Round. Reykjavík was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Iceland Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Inkasso-Deildin this season. Thróttur Reykjavík have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Eimskipsvöllurinn. It's trouble wherever Reykjavík are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Thróttur Reykjavík having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager G. Baldursson.
Reykjavík haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. Esaú Rojo scored that one.
Reykjavík are returning here after visiting KB in a Iceland Cup game and winning with a 6-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home League Cup game against ÍBV that was lost 0-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Reykjavík played a great game against KB and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Thróttur Reykjavík have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Reykjavík have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Víkingur Ólafsvík form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Gullfalkinn in order to reach 2nd round of Iceland Cup. Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Víkingur Ólafsvík so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
As mentioned above, Víkingur was the only team on the pitch versus Gullfalkinn in their previous game, winning 18-0. This could be a tougher task.
Víkingur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Víkingur Ólafsvík are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 11 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reykjavík three wins, three draws and Víkingur Ólafsvík four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Thróttur Reykjavík missing players
Víkingur Ólafsvík missing players
| Thróttur Reykjavík | Víkingur Ólafsvík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 44 | ||
| 67 | 32 | Conceded | C | 44 | 70 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 89% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Keflavík | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 30 | 43 |
| 2 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Fram | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Grindavík | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Thor | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | ÍBV | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Vestri | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Afturelding | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Magni | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -25 | 12 |
| 12 | Leiknir Fáskrúdsfj. | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -30 | 12 |