Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Grótta & HK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Grótta and HK should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Grótta form and stats
Grótta was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Grótta have collected 19 points from their Inkasso-Deildin home games so far after 5-4-2. 1W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Grótta.
The fans are hoping that Grótta will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League Cup game against Throttur Reykjavik. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League Cup home game that ended 2-2 versus Grindavik.
Grótta can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
HK form and stats
HK's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.There's been little loot from HK's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Pepsideild. HK only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
HK go into this game after a win, the home game against Thor that ended 1-0. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Throttur Reykjavik.
HK have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, HK have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Grótta wins - draws - HK wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Grótta missing players
HK missing players
| Grótta | HK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 82% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 4% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 244 | 113 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 260 | ||
| 116 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 122 | ||
| 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grótta | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 2 | Fjölnir | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 42 |
| 3 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 40 |
| 4 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Keflavík | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Thor | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Fram | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Afturelding | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Magni | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 31 | -22 | 23 |
| 10 | Throttur Reykjavik | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Haukar | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Njardvik | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -21 | 15 |
| 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 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 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 | Grindavik | 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 |