Soccer fixture news: Home ticketholders with high optimism before Fjölnir - Vestri

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Extra völlurinn (2000 seats)

Fjölnir have outdone Vestri so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Fjölnir have the most points from losing position (13) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • All of Vestri's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Fjölnir have less rest than Vestri in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Inkasso-Deildin game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Extra völlurinn. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Vestri have had more rest.

For Vestri most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Fjölnir form and stats

Fjölnir are steadily winning Inkasso-Deildin games and points here at Extra völlurinn. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Fjölnir has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Extra völlurinn. We remember; it was Kordrengir.

The Fjölnir supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host ÍBV in Inkasso-Deildin and win 2-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Kordrengir with a 4-1 scoreline.

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 four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.

Fjölnir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Extra völlurinn with 15 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Fjölnir have conceded only 9 goals.

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Vestri form and stats

As the visiting team in Inkasso-Deildin matches, Vestri have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far.

Vestri go into this game after a win, the home game against Thor that ended 2-0.

A 2-2 draw at Afturelding's stadium 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 Vestri playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, zero draws and four home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Valur in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Vestri's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Vestri have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vestri - Fjölnir 2-1 was the output when this pair of teams previously did battle, also in this season. Fjölnir-Vestri H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Fjölnir zero wins, Vestri two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VestriP. Bjarnason
P. Bjarnason
11 goals
FjölnirJ. Gunnarsson
J. Gunnarsson
9 goals
VestriV. Tufegdžić
V. Tufegdžić
6 goals

Fjölnir missing players

Vestri missing players

Fjölnir Vestri
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 9 19
11 7 3 Won W 0 4 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
6 2 0 Lost L 2 3 7
35 15 6 Scored S 0 14 32
20 9 1 Conceded C 6 16 33
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
65% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 79%
25% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 37%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 58%
30% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 16%
30% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 26%
 
6.6 7.1 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 3.9
4.8 4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.3 3.4
2.2 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.3 10.6 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 6.9 6.4
3.6 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.7 2.2
42% 38% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 58% 61%
Key stats in Inkasso-Deildin this season:
  • All of Vestri's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fjölnir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fjölnir have the most points from losing position (13) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Vestri have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Vestri 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 19 13 2 4 36 16 9 6 1 2 16 9 10 7 1 2 20 7 20 41
3 Kordrengir 20 11 4 5 34 23 10 6 1 3 17 12 10 5 3 2 17 11 11 37
4 Fjölnir 20 11 3 6 35 20 10 7 1 2 15 9 10 4 2 4 20 11 15 36
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 Grindavik 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 Thor 20 5 5 10 29 33 10 4 2 4 16 12 10 1 3 6 13 21 -4 20
11 Thróttur Reykjavík 20 4 2 14 35 47 10 2 1 7 16 23 10 2 1 7 19 24 -12 14
12 Vikingur Olafsvik 20 1 2 17 21 71 10 0 2 8 6 37 10 1 0 9 15 34 -50 5

Read more about Inkasso-Deildin

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.