Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valur & Víkingur Reykjavík face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This field has artifical turf, unlike Víkingur Reykjavík's home arena. The latest 16 games by the away team on artifical turf have given 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Both participants have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!
Valur form and stats
Valur participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Valur are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here at Origovöllurinn. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
The Valur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Valur have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Víkingur Reykjavík playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reykjavík have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Víkingur Reykjavík have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Valur-Víkingur Reykjavík H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valur five wins, Víkingur Reykjavík one win, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Valur missing players
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
| Valur | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 52 | 37 | Scored | S | 25 | 56 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 48 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 47 |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | KA | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | FH | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Stjarnan | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 22 |
| 8 | Leiknir Reykjavík | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 | -14 | 22 |
| 9 | ÍA | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -15 | 21 |
| 10 | Keflavík | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 11 | HK | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Fylkir | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -33 | 16 |
