Grótta favourites for feisty fight facing Afturelding

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Vivaldivöllurinn (1100 seats)

Who will win when Afturelding go to play Grótta? In this game guide you'll get all the relevant facts and numbers required to get smart.

Insights:
  • Grótta have the most clean sheets (5) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Afturelding have the most points from losing position (11) in Inkasso-Deildin

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Grótta form and stats

Grótta have been outstanding at home so far in the Inkasso-Deildin with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Grótta here at Vivaldivöllurinn, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Grótta are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus KV.

Prior to that, an away loss at HK.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Grótta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Grótta is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 league matches.

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Afturelding form and stats

4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Afturelding, who have the most scored goals (18) away in Inkasso-Deildin, in their Inkasso-Deildin matches away. Afturelding have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Afturelding's previous game was their home loss versus HK (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Selfoss.

Afturelding are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Observe that 9 of this team's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The Afturelding manager Einarsson has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. As for defending, Afturelding rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head meeting ended Afturelding - Grótta 2-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Grótta victories, four draws and three Afturelding wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GróttaK. Halldórsson
K. Halldórsson
10 goals
AftureldingM. Aziz
M. Aziz
5 goals
GróttaÓ. Thorlacius
Ó. Thorlacius
3 goals

Grótta missing players

Afturelding missing players

Grótta Afturelding
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 8 15
7 6 1 Won W 1 4 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
7 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
30 22 5 Scored S 4 18 28
22 7 0 Conceded C 1 14 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 87%
73% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 60%
47% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 40%
27% 57% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 38% 27%
60% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 73%
33% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 7%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 20%
 
5.8 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.5 5.7
6.4 6.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.8 5.4
2.1 1.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.3 11 7 Shots (avg) S ( 18 10.9 9.7
5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 5 4.7
41% 52% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 45% 40%
 
10.4 9.3 3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 9
5.4 4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Inkasso-Deildin this season:
  • Afturelding have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Afturelding have the most points from losing position (11) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Afturelding have the most scored goals (18) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Afturelding haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grótta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Grótta have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grótta have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Grótta have the most clean sheets (5) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Grótta 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 HK 16 12 1 3 35 19 8 7 0 1 22 8 8 5 1 2 13 11 16 37
2 Fylkir 15 10 3 2 44 17 8 6 1 1 28 9 7 4 2 1 16 8 27 33
3 Selfoss 16 7 4 5 28 25 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 3 3 2 14 14 3 25
4 Fjölnir 15 7 3 5 32 23 8 5 1 2 20 9 7 2 2 3 12 14 9 24
5 Grótta 15 7 1 7 30 22 7 6 0 1 22 7 8 1 1 6 8 15 8 22
6 Afturelding 15 6 4 5 28 23 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 4 1 3 18 14 5 22
7 Vestri 15 6 4 5 26 31 8 3 3 2 20 18 7 3 1 3 6 13 -5 22
8 Thor 16 6 2 8 25 32 8 4 1 3 12 9 8 2 1 5 13 23 -7 20
9 Kordrengir 15 4 6 5 20 24 8 4 3 1 12 9 7 0 3 4 8 15 -4 18
10 Grindavik 15 4 5 6 25 27 8 4 2 2 18 13 7 0 3 4 7 14 -2 17
11 KV 15 3 2 10 20 37 7 2 2 3 11 13 8 1 0 7 9 24 -17 11
12 Throttur Vogar 16 1 3 12 7 40 7 1 2 4 5 11 9 0 1 8 2 29 -33 6

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.