HK favourites for feisty fight facing Fjölnir

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kórinn (1564 seats)

Lots to play for in this match, with HK at 2nd and Fjölnir at 3rd. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • HK have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Inkasso-Deildin

HK's stadium, Kórinn, has a artifical turf surface. Fjölnir have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Fjölnir when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from eight matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 27.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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HK form and stats

HK are steadily winning Inkasso-Deildin games and points here at Kórinn. 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

HK enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kórdrengir's place. The match ended 3-1 with Jalloh (2) and Soares scoring.

Preceding that match was the home game against Fylkir that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does HK handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Lots of goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league games with this side has had three goals or more.

Goals decide football matches and HK are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, HK have conceded 10 goals.

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Fjölnir form and stats

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

Fjölnir go into this game after a win, the home game against Selfoss that ended 4-1.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Vestri's place.

Observe that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Fjölnir's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. Fjölnir have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest past result featuring both these squads is the Fjölnir - HK 3-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): HK four wins, two draws and Fjölnir four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FjölnirH. Jónsson
H. Jónsson
8 goals
FjölnirA. Jónasson
A. Jónasson
5 goals

HK missing players

Fjölnir missing players

HK Fjölnir
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
13 7 1 Won W 0 3 10
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 2 4 6
38 22 2 Scored S 3 17 45
24 10 3 Conceded C 9 19 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 95%
68% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 79%
47% 56% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 63%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 56% 47%
63% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 74%
21% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 16%
16% 11% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
6.5 7.1 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6 6.5
4.5 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 5.9
2.2 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.4 14.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.1 13.5
5.4 6.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 6.2
39% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 38%
 
7 6.8 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 10.2
3.6 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Inkasso-Deildin this season:
  • All of HK's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • HK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • HK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • HK have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • HK have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • HK 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 Fylkir 19 14 3 2 56 21 10 8 1 1 37 13 9 6 2 1 19 8 35 45
2 HK 19 13 1 5 38 24 9 7 0 2 22 10 10 6 1 3 16 14 14 40
3 Fjölnir 19 10 3 6 45 32 10 7 1 2 28 13 9 3 2 4 17 19 13 33
4 Grótta 19 10 1 8 37 29 9 8 0 1 27 9 10 2 1 7 10 20 8 31
5 Afturelding 19 8 5 6 38 28 9 4 3 2 18 10 10 4 2 4 20 18 10 29
6 Vestri 19 7 5 7 32 39 10 4 3 3 24 20 9 3 2 4 8 19 -7 26
7 Selfoss 19 7 4 8 32 34 9 4 1 4 14 12 10 3 3 4 18 22 -2 25
8 Grindavik 19 6 6 7 35 34 10 5 3 2 22 15 9 1 3 5 13 19 1 24
9 Kórdrengir 19 6 6 7 26 29 10 5 3 2 17 12 9 1 3 5 9 17 -3 24
10 Thor 19 7 3 9 27 33 10 5 2 3 14 9 9 2 1 6 13 24 -6 24
11 KV 19 4 2 13 25 49 9 2 2 5 13 20 10 2 0 8 12 29 -24 14
12 Throttur Vogar 19 1 3 15 8 47 9 1 2 6 6 14 10 0 1 9 2 33 -39 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.