Fylkir vs KA in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Iceland League Cup
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Würth völlurinn (2872 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fylkir & KA face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

This football stadium uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike KA's home stadium. The former 18 games by the visitors on artifical turf have produced 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Cup game only three days ago.

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Fylkir form and stats

Fylkir was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the League Cup.

3-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Fylkir so far this season.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 616 minutes without scoring a league goal. Kjartansson was the last player to find the net.

The Fylkir fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fylkir have conceded 26 goals in these home games, a significant number. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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KA form and stats

KA was sent out of League Cup in the quarter-finals last season.

The visitors are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Pepsideild.

KA has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Fylkir, one draw and five wins for KA. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

FylkirO. Kjartansson
O. Kjartansson
4 goals
FylkirO. Stefánsson
O. Stefánsson
2 goals

Fylkir missing players

KA missing players

Fylkir KA
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   12 25
8 8   Won W   7 14
4 2   Drew D   2 4
13 5   Lost L   3 7
36 31   Scored S   21 40
48 24   Conceded C   13 24
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 80%
56% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 48%
36% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 20%
24% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
36% 40%   BTTS BTTS   58% 48%
20% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
48% 33%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
5.3 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.7
5.6 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.3
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.1
4 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.8 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 11.9
4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 4.7
36% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
9.8 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 10.2
5 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vikingur Reykjavik 22 14 6 2 38 21 11 8 3 0 22 8 11 6 3 2 16 13 17 48
2 Breidablik 22 15 2 5 55 21 11 10 0 1 32 3 11 5 2 4 23 18 34 47
3 KR 22 12 5 5 35 19 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 8 2 1 17 4 16 41
4 KA 22 12 4 6 36 20 11 6 1 4 17 10 11 6 3 2 19 10 16 40
5 Valur 22 12 3 7 37 26 11 7 2 2 18 12 11 5 1 5 19 14 11 39
6 FH 22 9 6 7 39 26 11 4 4 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 21 14 13 33
7 Stjarnan 22 6 4 12 24 36 11 4 1 6 15 18 11 2 3 6 9 18 -12 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavik 22 6 4 12 18 32 11 6 2 3 15 9 11 0 2 9 3 23 -14 22
9 IA 22 6 3 13 29 44 11 4 3 4 19 16 11 2 0 9 10 28 -15 21
10 Keflavík 22 6 3 13 23 38 11 4 1 6 13 19 11 2 2 7 10 19 -15 21
11 HK 22 5 5 12 21 39 11 3 3 5 10 16 11 2 2 7 11 23 -18 20
12 Fylkir 22 3 7 12 18 51 11 3 3 5 12 26 11 0 4 7 6 25 -33 16