It's game two of the Inkasso-Deildin season and all to play for. Check out our detailed preview of ÍA-Grindavík!
It's no vacation for neither ÍA nor Grindavík 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.
ÍA form and stats
The previous season, ÍA's league results were 3 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 12th place in the Pepsideild. Over these 22 matches they scored {24 goals} and let in 53. Playing as the home team in the former season ÍA generated 2-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 27 conceded. ÍA's first Inkasso-Deildin home game here at Norðurálsvöllurinn ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
ÍA's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Grindavík (placed 3rd).
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Keflavik (after extra-time) in the Iceland Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does ÍA handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
ÍA has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Grindavík form and stats
Let's have a look at how Grindavík performed last season in the Inkasso-Deildin: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 17/27 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Inkasso-Deildin so far for Grindavík and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 losses from 11 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Grindavík, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus ÍA (placed 12th) last time out.
A home win as predicted against Dalvik / Reynir ahead of that, in the Iceland Cup. Grindavík are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
It's early days yet, but Grindavík has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides get together this season, as the records show this recent fixture: ÍA - Grindavík 0-2. ÍA-Grindavík H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: ÍA four wins, Grindavík four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
ÍA missing players
Grindavík missing players
| ÍA | Grindavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| ÍA | Last season | Grindavík | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 63 | 31 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 78% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 73% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 63% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 77% | ||
| 11% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 18% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 5% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 13.7 | 14.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11 | ||
| 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leiknir Reykjavík | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Afturelding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Grindavík | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Grótta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Njardvík | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Vestri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Thor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ægir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Selfoss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | ÍA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Keflavik | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | IBV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 32 |
| 3 | Fram | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 31 |
| 4 | ÍA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -27 | 25 |
| 5 | FH | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 25 |
| 6 | Leiknir Reykjavík | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -38 | 21 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 40 | 51 |
| 2 | HK | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Grótta | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Kordrengir | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Selfoss | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Thor | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -4 | 30 |
| 8 | Afturelding | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Vestri | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 28 |
| 10 | Grindavík | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | KV | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 18 |
| 12 | Throttur Vogar | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 37 | -48 | 6 |