Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & ÍA face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Pepsideild match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Fjölnir.
Valur form and stats
Valur participated in Iceland Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.When playing at home in the Pepsideild, Valur have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
A good away victory last time out for Valur, who won 3-1 against Fjölnir. Before that, Valur had a Pepsideild home game versus Fylkir which ended with a victory 3-0.
The Valur fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
ÍA form and stats
They also participated in Iceland Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Pepsideild matches, ÍA have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far. Recent form does not give ÍA much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Valur will be a tough nut to crack. ÍA seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for ÍA, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-5 versus Breidablik in the Pepsideild. A loss against Stjarnan was the result prior to that, in a Pepsideild home game.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for ÍA, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
ÍA are a potent attacking force on the road with their 14 goals in 5 league games. ÍA are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 14 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Valur-ÍA H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valur six wins, ÍA four wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 9 goals |  Ó. Finsen 5 goals | A. Adolphsson 4 goals |
Valur missing players
ÍA missing players
| Valur | ÍA | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 59 | 28 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 32 | 56 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 345 | 206 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 276 | ||
| 150 | 87 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 109 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 49% | ||
| 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 | ÍA | 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 |