National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stjarnan or Vestri that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It should be mentioned that Vestri play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Vestri on artifical turf are 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 7-24. You can compare this with overall results below.
Stjarnan form and stats
Last season, Stjarnan's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Stjarnan so far this season. 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Stjarnan.
Stjarnan's last game was hosting Víkingur Ólafsvík and winning 7-1. Before that, Stjarnan drew at home versus Valur.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Stjarnan played a great game against Víkingur Ólafsvík and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A decent goal production from Stjarnan in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Stjarnan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vestri form and stats
Playing away, Vestri have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the 2. Deild this season. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 2W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Vestri as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Cup match against ÍBV (2-3).
Vestri are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Vestri have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
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| Stjarnan | Vestri | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 36 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 84% | 93% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 302 | 179 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 116 | ||
| 138 | 85 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 58 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 64% | ||
| 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 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 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 | ÍBV | 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 | Leiknir Faskrudsfj. | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Selfoss | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Vidir | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Völsungur | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Vestri | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Throttur Vogar | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Fjardabyggd | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | KFG | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | IR | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Dalvik / Reynir | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Kari | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Tindastoll | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 1 |