Grindavík vs Víkingur Ólafsvík preview for football people

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mustad völlurinn (1750 seats)

The home fans look for a win and three points in this fixture, as the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a struggling visitor. Grindavík are in 7th spot while the guesting Víkingur Ólafsvík worry at 12th.

Insights:
  • Grindavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest scored goals (24) in Inkasso-Deildin

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Grindavík can neither be promoted or relegated from Inkasso-Deildin. For Víkingur it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Grindavík form and stats

Grindavík have collected 14 points from their Inkasso-Deildin home games so far after 4-2-4. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Grindavík, their manager S. Hreidarsson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Grindavík, who won 3-1 against Afturelding (placed 9th).

Ahead of that match, Grindavík lost 0-2 at home to Fram.

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 Grindavík home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.

Grindavík have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mustad völlurinn with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Grindavík have conceded 16 from these games.

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Víkingur Ólafsvík form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Víkingur Ólafsvík so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-9 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Víkingur who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Thór was the last time a defeat was avoided.

The manager G. Thórdarson was unhappy after their last game, a Inkasso-Deildin match played at their home ground Ólafsvíkurvöllur. Víkingur suffered a 3-5 loss to Grotta (placed 5th). An insane match with plenty of goals last time out for Víkingur Ólafsvík, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as exciting?

A 2-5 defeat away at Thróttur Reykjavík before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Víkingur played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected four times.

The travelling fans enjoy Víkingur's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Víkingur Ólafsvík can't defend away. 34 goals have been scored by the opposition in 10 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played before this season: Víkingur Ólafsvík - Grindavík 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grindavík three wins, two draws and Víkingur Ólafsvík five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrindavíkS. Hallsson
S. Hallsson
17 goals
Víkingur ÓlafsvíkH. Willard
H. Willard
8 goals
Víkingur ÓlafsvíkK. Isiaka
K. Isiaka
4 goals

Grindavík missing players

Víkingur Ólafsvík missing players

Grindavík Víkingur Ólafsvík
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
7 4 1 Won W 0 1 1
5 2 2 Drew D 0 0 2
9 4 0 Lost L 3 9 18
36 16 7 Scored S 7 15 24
41 16 6 Conceded C 11 34 76
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 86%
57% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 70% 67%
29% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 60% 48%
86% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 57%
5% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 5%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 38%
 
5.6 5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3 2.3
4.6 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6.2 4.2
2 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 7.2 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 7.1 5.2
3.7 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 2.1
42% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 45% 49%
Key stats in Inkasso-Deildin this season:
  • All of Víkingur Ólafsvík's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grindavík have created more than twice as many corners as Víkingur Ólafsvík.
  • Grindavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest points (3) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest scored goals (24) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals (34) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals (76) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals in the first half (41) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the the worst goal difference (-52) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 21 17 4 0 52 16 10 8 2 0 30 12 11 9 2 0 22 4 36 55
2 IBV 20 14 2 4 39 18 10 7 1 2 19 11 10 7 1 2 20 7 21 44
3 Fjölnir 21 12 3 6 37 21 11 8 1 2 17 10 10 4 2 4 20 11 16 39
4 Kordrengir 21 11 5 5 36 25 11 6 2 3 19 14 10 5 3 2 17 11 11 38
5 Grotta 20 10 2 8 42 37 9 7 1 1 22 12 11 3 1 7 20 25 5 32
6 Vestri 20 10 2 8 33 35 10 6 0 4 18 17 10 4 2 4 15 18 -2 32
7 Grindavík 21 7 5 9 36 41 10 4 2 4 16 16 11 3 3 5 20 25 -5 26
8 Selfoss 21 7 3 11 35 43 10 3 2 5 16 24 11 4 1 6 19 19 -8 24
9 Afturelding 20 6 5 9 36 40 11 4 4 3 22 21 9 2 1 6 14 19 -4 23
10 Thór 21 5 5 11 30 35 11 4 2 5 17 14 10 1 3 6 13 21 -5 20
11 Thróttur Reykjavík 21 4 2 15 37 50 10 2 1 7 16 23 11 2 1 8 21 27 -13 14
12 Víkingur Ólafsvík 21 1 2 18 24 76 11 0 2 9 9 42 10 1 0 9 15 34 -52 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.