Betting guide: Grótta favourite to beat Njardvík at Vivaldivöllurinn

It's no vacation for neither Grótta nor Njardvík 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Njardvík have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 4-1-3 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.

Grótta form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Grótta so far this season. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Grótta has won their last four matches. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Grótta after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Grótta supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Njardvík in Inkasso-Deildin and win 1-0. Before that match, a win away at Afturelding.

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 Grótta home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Grótta can score goals in their home matches. After 4 matches they have found the net 8 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

Njardvík form and stats

2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Njardvík, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Inkasso-Deildin, in their matches away. Njardvík are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 5 days since they avoided defeat. (The Keflavík game.) four defeats in a row for Njardvík in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Keflavík.

Two away games in a row for Njardvík, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Grótta in the Inkasso-Deildin. It was a Iceland Cup defeat before that one as the away game against KR wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Njardvík played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

The travelling fans enjoy Njardvík's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 away matches. In the opposite end, Njardvík have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Grótta won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Njardvík has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

P. Árnason 5 goals

A. Hardarson 3 goals

K. Pétursson 2 goals

Grótta missing players

Njardvík missing players