Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & Grindavík face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Grindavík have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-1-7 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
Grindavík could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at ÍA. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Valur form and stats
Last season, Valur's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Valur's previous match was a League Cup game also played at their home, ending 1-0 versus HK. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
A win at home ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were big favourites against Vestri and won 3-0.
Grindavík form and stats
Grindavík's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Grindavík have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Inkasso-Deildin, after 1-3-7 (11 played).
Two away games in a row for Grindavík, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs ÍA in the League Cup.
A defeat, in the League Cup away at KR, before that.
Grindavík have another game away from home in just four days, a League Cup game vs Vestri. A grim diary for the visiting team!
Grindavík has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. Grindavík have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Valur have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Grindavík.Valur missing players
Grindavík missing players
| Valur | Grindavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 31 | 51 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 40% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | KR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | ÍA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | HK | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Grindavík | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
| 6 | Vestri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 |
| 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 | Grindavík | 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 |
