Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & KR 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 KR 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 4-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Valur form and stats
Last season, Valur's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.The Valur boss Jóhannesson and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Fram in the Reykjavik Cup.
A victory at home before that, as predicted. The team were solid favourites against Leiknir Reykjavik and won 3-0.
KR form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.KR delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against IR in their previous match; a Reykjavik Cup fixture.
Earlier, the Reykjavik Cup win away at Víkingur Reykjavík.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Valur won five, KR were winners in three and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Pedersen with 8 goals scored against KR in these 10 matches.
Valur missing players
KR missing players
| Valur | KR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 21 | 36 | ||
| 46 | 18 | Conceded | C | 29 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 42% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | IA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Valur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Grindavik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Vestri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | KR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
