Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & ÍBV face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not ÍBV's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf ÍBV have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 11 defeats with the goal stats 11-38 (scored/conceded).
Valur form and stats
Valur was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Overall Pepsideild stats at home this season for Valur are 5-2-4 (wins-draw-losses).
Valur's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Fjölnir. Before that, Valur had a League Cup home game versus Vestri which ended with a victory 5-0.
Valur are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Stjarnan awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Valur in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
ÍBV form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.ÍBV have only collected 0 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 0-0-11 (11 played). ÍBV are still without points from their Pepsideild away games. 11 games, 11 defeats. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for ÍBV, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Stjarnan in the League Cup last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Víkingur Ólafsvík.
ÍBV are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The ÍBV defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 34 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Valur, zero draws and two wins for ÍBV. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 9 goals |  Ó. Finsen 5 goals |  A. Adolphsson 4 goals |
Valur missing players
ÍBV missing players
| Valur | ÍBV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 36 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 271 | 182 | Total Shots | T S | 90 | 179 | ||
| 126 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 79 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| 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 | Grindavík | 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 |