It's the League Cup: Grindavík and KA face off

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Competition: Iceland League Cup
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akraneshöllin (5550 seats)

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

It's no vacation for neither Grindavík nor KA 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.

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Grindavík form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

The story so far in the Inkasso-Deildin for Grindavík at their home stadium (Akraneshöllin) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Grindavík have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Akraneshöllin with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Grindavík have conceded 20 from these games.

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KA form and stats

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

Playing away, KA have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pepsideild this season.

A draw for KA before that, at their own venue hosting FH (2-2).

KA are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. It's not easy to score on KA as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent game: Grindavík - KA 0-2. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Grindavík, two draws and six wins for KA. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Grindavík missing players

KA missing players

Grindavík KA
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
9 5   Won W   8 14
5 2   Drew D   3 4
11 6   Lost L   3 7
47 22   Scored S   24 41
47 22   Conceded C   14 24
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
96% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 80%
80% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
52% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 24%
32% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 8%
80% 62%   BTTS BTTS   57% 48%
8% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 36%
12% 23%   Failed to Score F T   14% 20%
 
5.2 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.3
4.9 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.4
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
8.5 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 11.3
3.7 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 4.6
48% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 36%
 
10.9 11   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 9.8
5.3 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 3.9

  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 22 18 4 0 58 17 11 9 2 0 36 13 11 9 2 0 22 4 41 58
2 IBV 22 15 2 5 43 22 11 7 1 3 20 13 11 8 1 2 23 9 21 47
3 Fjölnir 22 13 3 6 38 21 11 8 1 2 17 10 11 5 2 4 21 11 17 42
4 Kordrengir 22 11 6 5 39 28 11 6 2 3 19 14 11 5 4 2 20 14 11 39
5 Vestri 22 11 3 8 38 39 11 6 1 4 21 20 11 5 2 4 17 19 -1 36
6 Grotta 22 11 2 9 52 40 11 8 1 2 32 15 11 3 1 7 20 25 12 35
7 Grindavík 22 7 5 10 38 45 11 4 2 5 18 20 11 3 3 5 20 25 -7 26
8 Selfoss 22 7 3 12 35 44 11 3 2 6 16 25 11 4 1 6 19 19 -9 24
9 Thor 22 6 5 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 17 14 11 2 3 6 16 23 -4 23
10 Afturelding 22 6 5 11 37 54 11 4 4 3 22 21 11 2 1 8 15 33 -17 23
11 Throttur Reykjavik 22 4 2 16 39 53 11 2 1 8 18 26 11 2 1 8 21 27 -14 14
12 Vikingur Olafsvik 22 2 2 18 28 78 11 0 2 9 9 42 11 2 0 9 19 36 -50 8
  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 Keflavik 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