Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & Víkingur Ólafsvík 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!
3-3-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Víkingur Ólafsvík when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those twelve matches are 16-30 (scored/conceded).
Valur form and stats
Valur was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Valur have to build on here at Ólafsvíkurvöllur in the Pepsideild. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Valur has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The home team returns to Ólafsvíkurvöllur after being equal after 90 minutes with Stjarnan on their last time out; the League Cup game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a League Cup home match hosting IBV in a game that was won 4-1.
A disappointing finish for Valur in their match versus Stjarnan as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
The Valur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Valur have conceded 14 goals.
Víkingur Ólafsvík form and stats
Víkingur Ólafsvík was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Inkasso-Deildin matches, Víkingur Ólafsvík have produced an overall stat of 3-5-3 so far. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 0W-0D-4L. This is both home and away.
Víkingur Ólafsvík are travelling again after losing away to Stjarnan in their previous match (1-7). Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Fjölnir.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Stjarnan was particularly ugly (1-7). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The attacking power of Víkingur Ólafsvík when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Víkingur Ólafsvík have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Valur, one draw and one win for Víkingur Ólafsvík. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
 H. Willard 13 goals |   P. Pedersen 9 goals | Ó. Finsen 5 goals |
Valur missing players
Víkingur Ólafsvík missing players
| Valur | Víkingur Ólafsvík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Conceded | C | 28 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 281 | 183 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 151 | ||
| 133 | 87 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 58 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 40% | ||
| 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 | IBV | 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 | Grótta | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 2 | Fjölnir | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 42 |
| 3 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 40 |
| 4 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Keflavík | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Thor | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Fram | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Afturelding | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Magni | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 31 | -22 | 23 |
| 10 | Throttur Reykjavik | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Haukar | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Njardvik | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -21 | 15 |