Delightful dogfight as daring Fjölnir duels with determined Grótta

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Date: Fri 16.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Extra völlurinn (2000 seats)

The managers A. Arnarsson and O. Thorvaldsson are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Inkasso-Deildin league table.

It's no vacation for neither Fjölnir nor Grótta 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.

Grótta play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Grótta when playing on grass are 14 wins, 10 draws and 12 defeats from 36 matches. They have scored 48 goals and conceded 55 times in these games. This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Fjölnir form and stats

Fjölnir have performed well here at Extra völlurinn so far this season with 5 wins from 8 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Fjölnir haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Víkingur Ólafsvík. Two draws in a row at home now for Fjölnir.

The points were shared in Fjölnir's previous game, also at home. Visiting Grótta travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. 1-1 away at Njardvik before that.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fjölnir's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Fjölnir can score goals in their home matches. After 8 matches they have found the net 17 times. Fjölnir have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Grótta form and stats

Grótta have an excellent away record so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Grótta as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Víkingur Ólafsvík game have they lost an away game, meaning Grótta has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Grótta are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Fjölnir. That result followed a home victory 4-3 versus Keflavík.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Grótta when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

With an average of more than two away goals per game, Grótta are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Grótta have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Grótta - Fjölnir 0-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 3 Fjölnir victories, 2 draws and 1 Grótta win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Árnason
13 goals
I. Sigurdsson
6 goals
A. Hardarson
6 goals

Fjölnir missing players

Grótta missing players

Fjölnir Grótta
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
17 9 1 Played 2 9 17
10 5 1 Won 1 5 8
5 3 0 Drew 1 3 7
2 1 0 Lost 0 1 2
34 17 4 Scored 5 16 34
15 8 0 Conceded 4 11 24
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 89% 88%
76% 78% 100% Over 1.5 100% 78% 82%
53% 56% 100% Over 2.5 100% 67% 71%
47% 44% 100% Over 3.5 100% 44% 59%
18% 11% 0% Over 4.5 50% 22% 29%
65% 67% 0% BTTS 100% 56% 71%
35% 33% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 24%
12% 11% 0% Failed To Score 0% 22% 18%
 
6.7 6 5 Corners For (avg) 4 4.6 5.1
3.4 2.1 4 Corners Against (avg) 9 4.6 4.9
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.1 2.4
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Fjölnir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fjölnir have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fjölnir have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Fjölnir
20-07-19 IN Haukar 1 - 5 Fjölnir
27-07-19 IN Magni 1 - 3 Fjölnir
31-07-19 IN Fjölnir 1 - 1 Afturelding
09-08-19 IN Njardvik 1 - 1 Fjölnir
16-08-19 IN Fjölnir 18:00 Grótta
23-08-19 IN Víkingur Ólafsvík 18:00 Fjölnir
30-08-19 IN Fjölnir 18:00 Thróttur Reykjavík
08-09-19 IN Thór 16:00 Fjölnir
14-09-19 IN Fjölnir 14:00 Leiknir Reykjavík
21-09-19 IN Keflavík 14:00 Fjölnir
Grótta
20-07-19 IN Grótta 2 - 2 Víkingur Ólafsvík
26-07-19 IN Grótta 1 - 1 Thór
30-07-19 IN Leiknir Reykjavík 2 - 2 Grótta
09-08-19 IN Grótta 4 - 3 Keflavík
16-08-19 IN Fjölnir 18:00 Grótta
23-08-19 IN Grótta 19:15 Fram
31-08-19 IN Magni 16:00 Grótta
05-09-19 IN Grótta 19:15 Afturelding
14-09-19 IN Njardvik 14:00 Grótta
21-09-19 IN Grótta 14:00 Haukar

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Fjölnir 16 10 4 2 34 15 8 5 2 1 17 8 8 5 2 1 17 7 19 34
2 Thór 16 9 4 3 28 16 7 4 2 1 13 6 9 5 2 2 15 10 12 31
3 Grótta 16 8 6 2 34 24 8 3 4 1 18 13 8 5 2 1 16 11 10 30
4 Leiknir Reykjavík 16 8 2 6 28 24 7 3 1 3 12 12 9 5 1 3 16 12 4 26
5 Fram 17 8 2 7 26 26 9 6 1 2 20 12 8 2 1 5 6 14 0 26
6 Víkingur Ólafsvík 16 6 6 4 17 13 8 4 2 2 9 3 8 2 4 2 8 10 4 24
7 Keflavík 16 6 4 6 22 21 8 3 1 4 12 13 8 3 3 2 10 8 1 22
8 Thróttur Reykjavík 16 6 3 7 32 24 8 3 0 5 18 12 8 3 3 2 14 12 8 21
9 Afturelding 16 5 2 9 21 30 9 4 1 4 14 13 7 1 1 5 7 17 -9 17
10 Haukar 16 3 5 8 22 32 8 1 2 5 9 19 8 2 3 3 13 13 -10 14
11 Magni 16 3 4 9 18 42 8 1 4 3 8 14 8 2 0 6 10 28 -24 13
12 Njardvík 17 3 2 12 16 31 9 1 2 6 7 16 8 2 0 6 9 15 -15 11