Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Thróttur Vogar & Grótta face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Grótta have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-7-11 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.
Thróttur Vogar form and stats
Action has already taken place for Thróttur in Iceland Cup as they have defeated KV to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Thróttur's Iceland Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.20 points is a decent return from 10 2. Deild games here at Vogabæjarvöllur for Thróttur Vogar. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Vogabæjarvöllur after three straight home wins.
Thróttur have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vogabæjarvöllur with 19 goals in 10 league matches. Thróttur have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grótta form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Grótta have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 1-2-7 (10 played). Grótta are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Fjölnir fixture.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Grótta manager Á. Gylfason has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Thróttur Vogar won one, Grótta won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Thróttur Vogar missing players
Grótta missing players
| Thróttur Vogar | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 58 | 32 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 29 | 58 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 55% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kordrengir | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 32 | 46 |
| 2 | Selfoss | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Thróttur Vogar | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Njardvík | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Haukar | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
| 6 | KF | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 7 | Kari | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Fjardabyggd | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | ÍR | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Völsungur | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 17 |
| 11 | Vidir | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 31 | -28 | 16 |
| 12 | Dalvik / Reynir | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 11 |
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | FH | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | KR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | KA | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | IA | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | HK | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Grótta | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -25 | 6 |