National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FH or Grindavík that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
FH form and stats
FH was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the League Cup.FH are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here. 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. On the other hand, in the League Cup, FH has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for FH after consecutive victories at their own ground.
FH drew their last game, also a home match. Grotta was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Throttur Reykjavik.
Goals decide football matches and FH are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Grindavík form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Grindavík's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 11 away games in the Pepsideild. Grindavík only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row.
Grindavík are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Grotta. Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Thor.
The attacking power of Grindavík when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Grindavík have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for FH, two draws and two wins for Grindavík. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.FH missing players
Grindavík missing players
| FH | Grindavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 35 | Scored | S | 16 | 25 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Conceded | C | 35 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 44% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 263 | 167 | Total Shots | T S | 124 | 205 | ||
| 133 | 91 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 95 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KR | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | FH | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | KA | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | HK | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | IA | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Grindavík | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | IBV | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -29 | 10 |