National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Víkingur Reykjavík or Grótta that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football stadium has the surface grass, unlike Grótta's home ground. The former 19 games by the away side on grass have ended with 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added mental strain and significance.
Little time to rest for the home team, as they played a Pepsideild game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Víkingsvöllur. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Grótta have had more rest.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
All-inclusive Pepsideild stats at home this season for Víkingur Reykjavík are 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Víkingur Reykjavík goalkeeper Thordur Ingason is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pepsideild.
Reykjavík's last game was hosting FH and winning 2-0.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting IBV.Víkingur Reykjavík are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Víkingsvöllur with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 8 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Víkingur Reykjavík has won 8 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Víkingur Reykjavík has won by at least two goals 6 times when in this position.
There will be little rest for Víkingur Reykjavík after this match as they are travelling to HK for a Pepsideild game in only three days.
Reykjavík can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Defensively Víkingur Reykjavík have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grótta form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Grótta in their Inkasso-Deildin matches away.
Grótta are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Grindavík.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Njardvik in the Inkasso-Deildin.Grótta are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 9 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 2 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Of the defeats, 5 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
After this away game Grótta return home for a Inkasso-Deildin game against Vestri. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Grótta has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Víkingur Reykjavík have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive games without losing (7-2-0) when playing Grótta.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ingason 3 goals | N. Hansen 3 goals | O. Ekroth 2 goals |
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
Grótta missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 8 | 37 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 42% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 33% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 |
