Betting preview: Selfoss vs Afturelding should be interesting

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: JÁVERK-völlurinn (2000 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Selfoss - Afturelding 0-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Inkasso-Deildin fixture of the season?

9-2-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Afturelding when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 21 matches are 39-44 (scored/conceded).

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Selfoss form and stats

The season before, Selfoss's league results were 9 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, ending with 6th place in the Inkasso-Deildin. In these 22 matches they scored {41 goals} and let in 39. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Selfoss managed 6-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 15 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Inkasso-Deildin game of the season here at JÁVERK-völlurinn. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from Selfoss's 11 home games.

The Selfoss crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Afturelding here at JÁVERK-völlurinn.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Leiknir Reykjavík in the Iceland Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Selfoss perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Selfoss as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Selfoss has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

At JÁVERK-völlurinn, Selfoss has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Afturelding form and stats

Let's have a look at how Afturelding performed last season in the Inkasso-Deildin: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 20/22 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Inkasso-Deildin, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 11 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Afturelding, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Selfoss (placed 10th) last time out.

The fixture before that was the Iceland Cup-battle against Grindavík, a home defeat (0-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Afturelding in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Afturelding, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

{3 goals} so far away for Afturelding, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Afturelding have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Selfoss.

The two sides played each other earlier this match year: Selfoss - Afturelding 1-3.

Selfoss missing players

Afturelding missing players

Selfoss Afturelding
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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
1 1 0 Scored S 0 3 3
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 10
10 10 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 13
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
20% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 60%
 
13 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 7
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Selfoss Last season Afturelding
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
8 5   Won W   4 8
5 1   Drew D   2 5
9 5   Lost L   5 9
36 16   Scored S   20 39
39 15   Conceded C   22 39
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
91% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 86%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 64%
41% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 50%
23% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 32%
64% 45%   BTTS BTTS   64% 64%
18% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 14%
18% 27%   Failed to Score F T   27% 27%
 
4.7 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.7
6.6 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.4
2.8 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2
5 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
8.9 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.7
4.1 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5
40% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 36%
 
11.6 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 9
5 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.4

  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 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

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.