National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Valur or Völsungur that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Valur saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Pepsideild. That game was an away game at Leiknir Reykjavik, so at least Valur are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Valur's stadium, Origovöllurinn, has a artifical turf surface. Völsungur have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Völsungur when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from six matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 12.
Valur form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.This stadium, Origovöllurinn, has been a fortress for Valur in the Pepsideild so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-2-0. The Valur fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Origovöllurinn and will expect new points from this game. Valur has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.
Valur lost their last game at Leiknir Reykjavik after a 0-1 scoreline.
Before that, Valur had a Pepsideild home game versus KR which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Valur, as the Pepsideild home game vs Keflavík is only four days away.
Valur have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Origovöllurinn with 14 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Valur have conceded only 5 goals.
Völsungur form and stats
They also participated in Iceland Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Deild travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Total Iceland Cup statistics for Völsungur: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Völsungur has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to KF for a 2. Deild game that ended a draw (2-2). It looked so good for Völsungur vs KF, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Haukar in the 2. Deild.A quick return to home after this game, as Völsungur are hosting Reynir in the 2. Deild only three days away.
The Völsungur manager J. Gunnarsson has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. For Völsungur, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 6 goals |  S. Lárusson 3 goals |  B. Sævarsson 2 goals |
Valur missing players
Völsungur missing players
| Valur | Völsungur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 35 | Scored | S | 25 | 55 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | KA | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Breidablik | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 26 |
| 5 | KR | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | FH | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Keflavík | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Stjarnan | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Fylkir | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 11 | HK | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 12 | ÍA | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -17 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Throttur Vogar | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | KV | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Völsungur | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | KF | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Njardvik | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | Magni | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Reynir | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Haukar | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | IR | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Leiknir Faskrudsfj. | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 11 | Kari | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjardabyggd | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -30 | 5 |