Perhaps a welcome break from league football as KR & Afturelding 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.
It should be mentioned that Afturelding play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Afturelding on grass are 9 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 46-50. You can compare this with overall results below.
KR form and stats
KR have been outstanding at home so far in the Pepsideild with 9 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since KR tasted defeat here at Alvogenvöllurinn, as they have taken at least one point from their last 18 home games in the league. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, KR are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
A good away victory last time out for KR, who won 4-2 against IA. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Valur.
A goal frenzy last time out for KR, with a total of 6 goals in the match against IA. Fun stuff to watch!
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for KR, as the League Cup home game vs Leiknir Reykjavik is only four days away.
KR can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 26 times. KR have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Afturelding form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Afturelding so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
J. Svanthorsson was the last player to score for the away team. Afturelding haven't scored a league goal in the last 190 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Afturelding, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Leiknir Reykjavik in the League Cup. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Breidablik.
Afturelding find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Afturelding have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
KR-Afturelding H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: KR two wins, Afturelding zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Jónasson 9 goals |   P. Pálmason 8 goals |  Ó. Hauksson 7 goals |
KR missing players
Afturelding missing players
| KR | Afturelding | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 34 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 247 | 127 | Total Shots | T S | 110 | 216 | ||
| 124 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 121 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Thróttur Reykjavík | 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 |