National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Valur or Grindavík that keep their silverware dream alive.
2-2-7 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Grindavík when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eleven matches are 18-26 (scored/conceded).
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!
Valur form and stats
Valur participated in Iceland Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 32.3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Valur have to build on here at Origovöllurinn in the Pepsideild.
The Valur goalkeeper Sveinn Sigurdur Johannesson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pepsideild.
A strong away win for Valur against KA the last match, as Bjarnason, Pálsson (2) and Jóhannsson were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Valur played a great game against KA and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Jóhannsson has scored in three matches in a row. Ace!
Ahead of that match, Valur won a home game hosting KR (5-0).It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Valur have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 15 games found in the database showing 14 Valur wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Keflavík are coming to town in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 4 games), Valur's attacking play is working. Valur have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Grindavík form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Playing away, Grindavík have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Inkasso-Deildin this season.
Grindavík have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Aron Dagur Birnuson. It's been 185 minutes since they last conceded in Inkasso-Deildin.
Grindavík's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Grótta that finished 0-0.
Prior to that result Grindavík won their away game at IA in the Inkasso-Deildin. The scoreline was 2-0.Nobody expects Grindavík to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 7 times before, with the overall statistics of won 0, draw 3 and lost 4. When defeated, 4 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Njardvik in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Grindavík has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Valur have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) facing Grindavík.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pálsson 5 goals | T. Haraldsson 4 goals |  A. Bjarnason 4 goals |
Valur missing players
Grindavík missing players
| Valur | Grindavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 29 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 51% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Valur | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | HK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | KA | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | FH | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Fram | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Stjarnan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Fylkir | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | IBV | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Keflavík | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | KR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Afturelding | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Grindavík | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Fjölnir | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Thor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Selfoss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Njardvik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Grótta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Vestri | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ægir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | IA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
