It's only match two of the Inkasso-Deildin for these sides. And fresh bodies and minds here at Egilshöll as Fjölnir greet Thróttur Reykjavík. Check out this preview!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Fjölnir form and stats
The season before, Fjölnir's league results were 11 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, ending with 4th position in the Inkasso-Deildin. In these 22 matches they scored {51 goals} and conceded 37. Appearing at home in the previous season Fjölnir delivered 7-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 14 conceded.
A good away victory last time out for Fjölnir, who won 1-0 against Ægir (placed 9th). Manager Jökulsson felt very clever after Gunnarsson scored the winning goal against Ægir, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 69th minute.
Ahead of that game, a home defeat in the Iceland Cup against Breidablik. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fjölnir home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Thróttur Reykjavík form and stats
Let's have a look at how Thróttur Reykjavík performed last season in the 2. Deild: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 19/12 goals scored/conceded.
Reykjavík's previous game was their home loss versus Leiknir Reykjavik (1-3).
Ahead of that, the Iceland Cup victory away at Fram. We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Thróttur Reykjavík played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - zero - one (Fjölnir wins - draws - Thróttur Reykjavík wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Gunnarsson 1 goals |  A. Ingason 1 goals |
Fjölnir missing players
Thróttur Reykjavík missing players
| Fjölnir | Thróttur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Fjölnir | Last season | Thróttur Reykjavík | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 77% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 41% | ||
| 45% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 73% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 27% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 9% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Afturelding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Grindavik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Thor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Fjölnir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Grotta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Njardvík | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vestri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Ægir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Selfoss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | IA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 | Fylkir | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 40 | 51 |
| 2 | HK | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Grotta | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Kordrengir | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Selfoss | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Thor | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -4 | 30 |
| 8 | Afturelding | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Vestri | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 28 |
| 10 | Grindavik | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | KV | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 18 |
| 12 | Throttur Vogar | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 37 | -48 | 6 |
| 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 | Njardvík | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 41 | 55 |
| 2 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 3 | Ægir | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 37 |
| 4 | Völsungur | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Höttur / Huginn | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | IR | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | KF | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 35 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Haukar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 | Fjardabyggd / Leiknir | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -22 | 19 |
| 11 | Reynir | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -23 | 17 |
| 12 | Magni | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
