Only the second game in the Inkasso-Deildin for these teams and it's all to play for here at Extra völlurinn as Fjölnir welcomes Grótta. Check out this preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that Grótta play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Grótta on grass are 13 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 45-46. You can compare this with overall results below.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Fjölnir form and stats
Last season, Fjölnir's league statistics were 0 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Pepsideild. Over these 18 matches they scored 15 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Fjölnir managed 0-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 24 conceded. Fjölnir are slowly digging their own grave here at Extra völlurinn with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Throttur Reykjavik match.
Before that, Fjölnir had a Iceland Cup home game versus KÁ Hafnarfjördur which ended with a victory 7-1.
Grótta form and stats
Let's have a look at how Grótta performed last season in the Pepsideild: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 6/22 goals scored/conceded.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Grótta, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Fjölnir three wins, four draws and Grótta two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Fjölnir missing players
Grótta missing players
| Fjölnir | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Fjölnir | Last season | Grótta | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 18 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 22 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 61% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 28% | ||
| 11% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 17% | ||
| 72% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 39% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 6% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 56% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Fjölnir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Grindavík | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Grótta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Thór | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | ÍBV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Throttur Reykjavik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | FH | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | KR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | KA | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | IA | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | HK | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Grótta | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -25 | 6 |