Afturelding vs Thróttur Reykjavík: Full pre-match guide and statistics

It's no vacation for neither Afturelding nor Thróttur Reykjavík as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

0-3-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Thróttur Reykjavík when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 9-23 (scored/conceded).

Afturelding are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Thróttur Reykjavík are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

Afturelding form and stats

3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Inkasso-Deildin numbers at home for Afturelding so far this season. Afturelding has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Einarsson and the players.

Stress levels are on the rise for Afturelding's attacking players as they have now played 223 minutes without scoring in a league game. K. O. Oskarsson was their last goal scorer.

Afturelding lost their last game at Selfoss (placed 10th) after a 0-3 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at Fjölnir.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Afturelding matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, zero draws and one defeat (from six games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Inkasso-Deildin game versus Vestri in only three days. This game is also played here at Fagverksvöllurinn Varmá.

Goals decide football matches and Afturelding are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Afturelding have conceded 15 from these games.

Thróttur Reykjavík form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Thróttur Reykjavík so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

Reykjavík's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fram that finished 2-2.

A 1-2 defeat away at Grindavík before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Thróttur Reykjavík playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

Reykjavík have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 18 goals from 9 away matches. Thróttur Reykjavík have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Thróttur Reykjavík - Afturelding 1-3 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous H2H match, earlier this season. Last four meetings between these participants: Afturelding won two, Thróttur Reykjavík triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Vázquez Viñas 6 goals

K. Edwards-John 6 goals

A. Ragnarsson 5 goals

Afturelding missing players

Thróttur Reykjavík missing players