Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Grótta & Afturelding face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Grótta have less rest than Afturelding in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Stjarnan, was also a home game here at Vivaldivöllurinn. The away team is better rested.
Grótta form and stats
Grótta was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.27 points is a decent return from 11 Inkasso-Deildin games here at Vivaldivöllurinn for Grótta. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
The home fans witnessed a 3-3 draw versus Stjarnan in the League Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Njardvik in the League Cup.
The manager Brazell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vikingur Reykjavik in only four days.
Grótta are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Vivaldivöllurinn in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 11 matches. Grótta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Afturelding form and stats
Afturelding was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Inkasso-Deildin matches, Afturelding have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home loss versus Fram with 3-4 on the scoreboard.
A loss, in the League Cup away at Stjarnan, earlier.
The travelling fans enjoy Afturelding's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Grótta wins - draws - Afturelding wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Grótta missing players
Afturelding missing players
| Grótta | Afturelding | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 44 | 16 | Conceded | C | 30 | 50 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 11 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Fram | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Njardvik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Grótta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 6 | Afturelding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | Thór | 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 | Grindavik | 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 |
