Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & HK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Valur form and stats
Valur participated in Iceland Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Valur so far this season. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Valur has won six games in a row. The Stjarnan match was the last time out without a victory. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Valur, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Valur's last game was hosting HK and winning 1-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting KR and winning 5-4.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Vikingur Reykjavik are coming to town in three days.
Valur are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Valur have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
HK form and stats
They also participated in Iceland Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.HK have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 1-2-4 (7 played). It's all red in the travel logs of HK, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Two away games in a row for HK, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Valur in the Pepsideild. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Grotta in the Pepsideild.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting IA in just three days.
HK has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on HK's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 18 goals in 7 travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Valur eight wins, zero draws and HK two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Valur missing players
HK missing players
| Valur | HK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 64 | 31 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 344 | 206 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 214 | ||
| 150 | 85 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 105 | ||
| 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Fylkir | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | Stjarnan | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Breidablik | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | KR | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | FH | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | FH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | IA | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | HK | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | KA | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Grotta | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -17 | 6 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -18 | 4 |