National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KA or Magni that keep their silverware dream alive.
Magni could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Keflavik, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Magni.
KA form and stats
KA participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for KA so far this season. On the other hand, in the League Cup, KA has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
No payout for KA in their previous match, an away game at Vikingur Reykjavik that ended in defeat 0-6. Preceding that match was a League Cup defeat to Keflavik (1-2).
KA were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A decent goal production from KA in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. KA have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Magni form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Magni's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Inkasso-Deildin. Magni only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. Total League Cup statistics for Magni: 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Magni are travelling again after losing away to Keflavik in their previous match (0-5). Preceding that game, the 1-8 loss visiting Fylkir's place.
Magni lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The visiting Magni have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Magni concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 E. Aðalsteinsson 13 goals | H. Steingrímsson 11 goals |  K. Rósbergsson 6 goals |
KA missing players
Magni missing players
| KA | Magni | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Conceded | C | 44 | 67 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 271 | 130 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 115 | ||
| 114 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 54 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 44% | ||
| 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 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grotta | 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 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Keflavik | 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 |