National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KA or Valur that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Valur play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Valur when playing on grass are 13 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 27 matches. They have scored 61 goals and conceded 41 times in these games.
KA form and stats
KA was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.2 victories, 7 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what KA have to build on here at Boginn in the Pepsideild. The KA fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Boginn and will expect new points from this game. KA has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.
KA shared the glory with Víkingur Reykjavík in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Before that, KA played out a Pepsideild draw 1-1 when visiting Breidablik.
KA has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, KA have conceded only 6 goals.
Valur form and stats
Valur was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Valur so far, with 9-0-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Pepsideild statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Valur as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. Valur are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Leiknir Reykjavík in the Reykjavik Cup.
The Valur manager H. Gudjonsson has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 35 goals in 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Valur in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): KA two wins, two draws and Valur five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.KA missing players
Valur missing players
| KA | Valur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 12 | 21 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 51 | 79 | ||
| 31 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 50% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valur | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | FH | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | KR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | KA | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | ÍA | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | HK | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Grótta | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -25 | 6 |