It's the League Cup: Njardvík and Afturelding face off

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Competition: Iceland League Cup
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Njarðtaksvöllur (2880 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Njardvík & Afturelding face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

8-2-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Afturelding when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 19 matches are 35-39 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Njardvík form and stats

9-1-1 is the performance here at Njarðtaksvöllur so far in the 2. Deild, giving Njardvík a total of 28 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results!

The followers are hoping that Njardvík will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Stjarnan.

Before that result, a home victory hosting Grotta in the League Cup.

Njardvík always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Njarðtaksvöllur with 36 goals in 11 league games. Njardvík are not conceding a lot of goals here at Njarðtaksvöllur in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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Afturelding form and stats

Afturelding's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.

As the visiting team in Inkasso-Deildin matches, Afturelding have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Grotta in their previous outing. The League Cup fixture ended 1-1.

The game before was the League Cup-battle against Fram, a home defeat (3-4). Afturelding are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Afturelding are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Njardvík three wins, four draws and Afturelding three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Njardvík missing players

Afturelding missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Njardvík Afturelding
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
18 9   Won W   5 9
1 1   Drew D   3 5
6 2   Lost L   7 11
64 35   Scored S   26 47
30 8   Conceded C   31 49
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 88%
88% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 72%
60% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 56%
24% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 40%
64% 33%   BTTS BTTS   73% 72%
28% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 12%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   20% 20%
 
3.8 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
7 6.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.2
1.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
1 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
10.1 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 10.3
5.4 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5
43% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 38%
 
9.3 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 9.5
4.3 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vikingur Reykjavik 4 4 0 0 9 2 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 12
2 Stjarnan 4 2 1 1 11 7 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 4 7
3 Fram 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 -2 4
4 Njardvík 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 3
5 Grotta 5 0 3 2 5 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 3
6 Afturelding 3 0 1 2 5 9 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Njardvík 22 18 1 3 63 22 11 9 1 1 36 7 11 9 0 2 27 15 41 55
2 Thróttur Reykjavík 22 15 4 3 49 27 11 9 1 1 30 15 11 6 3 2 19 12 22 49
3 Ægir 22 11 4 7 37 35 11 7 3 1 23 11 11 4 1 6 14 24 2 37
4 Völsungur 22 9 6 7 42 35 11 7 2 2 27 16 11 2 4 5 15 19 7 33
5 Höttur / Huginn 22 8 6 8 36 32 11 4 4 3 18 12 11 4 2 5 18 20 4 30
6 IR 22 8 6 8 35 36 11 6 2 3 23 19 11 2 4 5 12 17 -1 30
7 Vikingur Olafsvik 22 7 7 8 43 41 11 4 3 4 26 22 11 3 4 4 17 19 2 28
8 KF 22 6 8 8 49 50 11 5 3 3 28 15 11 1 5 5 21 35 -1 26
9 Haukar 22 6 6 10 27 33 11 2 4 5 11 15 11 4 2 5 16 18 -6 24
10 Fjardabyggd / Leiknir 22 5 4 13 32 54 11 4 2 5 21 25 11 1 2 8 11 29 -22 19
11 Reynir 22 4 5 13 24 47 11 3 3 5 13 14 11 1 2 8 11 33 -23 17
12 Magni 22 4 5 13 24 49 11 3 3 5 15 19 11 1 2 8 9 30 -25 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylkir 22 16 3 3 63 23 11 9 1 1 41 13 11 7 2 2 22 10 40 51
2 HK 22 15 1 6 46 30 11 9 0 2 27 12 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 46
3 Grotta 22 12 1 9 42 33 11 9 0 2 31 13 11 3 1 7 11 20 9 37
4 Fjölnir 22 11 3 8 51 37 11 7 1 3 28 14 11 4 2 5 23 23 14 36
5 Kordrengir 22 9 6 7 36 30 11 6 3 2 21 12 11 3 3 5 15 18 6 33
6 Selfoss 22 9 5 8 41 39 11 6 1 4 21 15 11 3 4 4 20 24 2 32
7 Thor 22 9 3 10 31 35 11 6 2 3 16 10 11 3 1 7 15 25 -4 30
8 Afturelding 22 8 5 9 39 39 11 4 3 4 19 17 11 4 2 5 20 22 0 29
9 Vestri 22 7 7 8 36 44 11 4 4 3 26 22 11 3 3 5 10 22 -8 28
10 Grindavik 22 7 6 9 43 45 11 6 3 2 26 18 11 1 3 7 17 27 -2 27
11 KV 22 5 3 14 27 52 11 3 3 5 15 21 11 2 0 9 12 31 -25 18
12 Throttur Vogar 22 1 3 18 8 56 11 1 2 8 6 19 11 0 1 10 2 37 -48 6

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vikingur Reykjavik 4 4 0 0 9 2 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 12
2 Stjarnan 4 2 1 1 11 7 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 4 7
3 Fram 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 -2 4
4 Njardvík 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 3
5 Grotta 5 0 3 2 5 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 3
6 Afturelding 3 0 1 2 5 9 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1

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