Afturelding vs Grindavík match preview: Even contest expected at Fagverksvöllurinn Varmá

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fagverksvöllurinn Varmá (2500 seats)

Inkasso-Deildin: The mid-table spots illustrates the road Afturelding and Grindavík have undertaken uptil now. Both squads are set to play; bring it!

Insights:
  • All of Afturelding's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grindavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This could be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

This pitch has artifical turf, unlike Grindavík's home ground. The last 19 games by the away team on artifical turf have given 3 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses.

Afturelding are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Grindavík is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Afturelding form and stats

The story so far in the Inkasso-Deildin for Afturelding at their home stadium (Fagverksvöllurinn Varmá) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

The spoils were shared in Afturelding's previous game, also at home. Visiting Vestri (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

Before that, Afturelding had a home game versus Throttur Reykjavik which ended with a victory 3-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Afturelding perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Afturelding as a small favourite), we find three games. Afturelding has won one of these, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Afturelding as they are travelling to their away game against Grotta in the Inkasso-Deildin. That match is three days after this one.

The Afturelding manager M. Einarsson has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Grindavík form and stats

Grindavík have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Inkasso-Deildin, after 2-3-5 (10 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Grindavík, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Grindavík's previous game was their home loss versus Fram (0-2).

A 1-2 loss hosting Kórdrengir before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Grindavík in our archives, and the results are: one win for Grindavík, two draws and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Grindavík's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. The Grindavík manager S. Hreidarsson has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head match ended Grindavík - Afturelding 3-3, played this season. Head to head statistics (for the preceeding six meetings): Afturelding won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Grindavík managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one

Top Goalscorers

GrindavíkS. Hallsson
S. Hallsson
17 goals
AftureldingA. Ragnarsson
A. Ragnarsson
8 goals
AftureldingK. Oskarsson
K. Oskarsson
7 goals

Afturelding missing players

Grindavík missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Afturelding Grindavík
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 6
5 4 1 Drew D 0 3 5
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 9
35 21 4 Scored S 4 17 33
37 18 3 Conceded C 4 24 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 80%
47% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 70% 55%
26% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 30%
68% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 85%
5% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
26% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
3.8 4.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 5.5 5.2
6.1 6.1 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.5 4.7
1.6 1.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.5 9.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.1 7.7
3.4 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.6
50% 48% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 50% 42%
Key stats in Inkasso-Deildin this season:
  • Afturelding haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Afturelding's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Grindavík's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grindavík have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Grindavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grindavík have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Grindavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fram 20 17 3 0 50 14 10 8 2 0 30 12 10 9 1 0 20 2 36 54
2 ÍBV 18 13 2 3 35 14 9 6 1 2 16 9 9 7 1 1 19 5 21 41
3 Kórdrengir 20 11 4 5 34 23 10 6 1 3 17 12 10 5 3 2 17 11 11 37
4 Fjölnir 19 10 3 6 33 19 9 6 1 2 13 8 10 4 2 4 20 11 14 33
5 Vestri 19 10 2 7 32 33 10 6 0 4 18 17 9 4 2 3 14 16 -1 32
6 Grotta 19 9 2 8 37 34 9 7 1 1 22 12 10 2 1 7 15 22 3 29
7 Afturelding 19 6 5 8 35 37 10 4 4 2 21 18 9 2 1 6 14 19 -2 23
8 Grindavík 20 6 5 9 33 40 10 4 2 4 16 16 10 2 3 5 17 24 -7 23
9 Selfoss 20 6 3 11 33 42 10 3 2 5 16 24 10 3 1 6 17 18 -9 21
10 Thór 20 5 5 10 29 33 10 4 2 4 16 12 10 1 3 6 13 21 -4 20
11 Throttur Reykjavik 19 3 2 14 30 45 9 1 1 7 11 21 10 2 1 7 19 24 -15 11
12 Vikingur Olafsvik 19 1 2 16 19 66 10 0 2 8 6 37 9 1 0 8 13 29 -47 5

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fram 20 17 3 0 50 14 10 8 2 0 30 12 10 9 1 0 20 2 36 54
2 ÍBV 18 13 2 3 35 14 9 6 1 2 16 9 9 7 1 1 19 5 21 41
3 Kórdrengir 20 11 4 5 34 23 10 6 1 3 17 12 10 5 3 2 17 11 11 37
4 Fjölnir 19 10 3 6 33 19 9 6 1 2 13 8 10 4 2 4 20 11 14 33
5 Vestri 19 10 2 7 32 33 10 6 0 4 18 17 9 4 2 3 14 16 -1 32
6 Grotta 19 9 2 8 37 34 9 7 1 1 22 12 10 2 1 7 15 22 3 29
7 Afturelding 19 6 5 8 35 37 10 4 4 2 21 18 9 2 1 6 14 19 -2 23
8 Grindavík 20 6 5 9 33 40 10 4 2 4 16 16 10 2 3 5 17 24 -7 23
9 Selfoss 20 6 3 11 33 42 10 3 2 5 16 24 10 3 1 6 17 18 -9 21
10 Thór 20 5 5 10 29 33 10 4 2 4 16 12 10 1 3 6 13 21 -4 20
11 Throttur Reykjavik 19 3 2 14 30 45 9 1 1 7 11 21 10 2 1 7 19 24 -15 11
12 Vikingur Olafsvik 19 1 2 16 19 66 10 0 2 8 6 37 9 1 0 8 13 29 -47 5

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The 1. deild karla (First Division for men) is also known by the sponsorship name Inkasso-deild karla. It is the second highest level of Icelandic football and has twelve teams playing 22 fixtures each. The top two in the league table are promoted, the bottom two relegated.