Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Vestri in 7th and Grótta in 8th place.
- Vestri have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grótta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Vestri have less rest than Grótta in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Inkasso-Deildin game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Olísvöllurinn. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Grótta have had more rest.
Vestri's stadium, Olísvöllurinn, has a grass surface. Grótta have artifical turf 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 Grótta when playing on grass; 14 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 44.
Vestri form and stats
When playing at home in the Inkasso-Deildin, Vestri have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
The Vestri fans got no joy from their last match, a Inkasso-Deildin game also here at Olísvöllurinn: A 1-2 defeat against Selfoss (placed 10th). Heartbreak for Vestri in their last match as Selfoss's V. Johannsson scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Ahead of that match, Vestri won a home game hosting Thróttur Reykjavík (2-1).A decent goal production from Vestri in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vestri defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Grótta form and stats
There's been little loot from Grótta's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Inkasso-Deildin. Grótta only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away games in a row for Grótta, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Thor in the Inkasso-Deildin. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Grótta, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Before that, Grótta secured a home win against Fjölnir with the score 2-1.Grótta find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Grótta have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Grótta - Vestri 5-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Vestri victory, one draw and four Grótta wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Árnason 14 goals |  V. Tufegdžić 6 goals |  N. Madsen 4 goals |
Vestri missing players
Grótta missing players
| Vestri | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 31% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 54% |
| 15% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 54% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6.3 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 60% | 71% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 39% | 51% |
- All of Vestri's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Grótta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vestri have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vestri have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vestri have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Vestri 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 | Fram | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 32 |
| 2 | IBV | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Kórdrengir | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Grindavik | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Thor | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Vestri | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | Grótta | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Afturelding | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Selfoss | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 11 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 7 |
| 12 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -29 | 2 |