Perhaps a welcome break from league football as ÍA & Valur face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
ÍA form and stats
ÍA was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.ÍA's previous match was a League Cup game also played at home, finishing 4-3 vs Vestri. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that match, a Pepsideild win away at FH.Valur form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The regulars enjoyed Valur's previous fixture versus KR, a League Cup win (2-0) played at home.
Before that, 0-0 away against Fram in the Reykjavik Cup.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for ÍA, zero draws and seven wins for Valur. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
ÍA missing players
Valur missing players
| ÍA | Valur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 60 | 32 | Conceded | C | 28 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 6.9 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 43% | ||
| 13.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Valur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | ÍA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Vestri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | KR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | Grindavik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
