Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Víkingur Reykjavík & Grótta face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Víkingur Reykjavík's stadium, Víkingsvöllur, has a grass surface. Grótta have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Grótta when playing on grass; 5 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 19 matches. They have scored {27 goals} in these games and conceded 39.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Cup game only four days ago.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Reykjavík participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the final.Víkingur Reykjavík are returning here after guesting Fram in a League Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
A win at home before that, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Stjarnan and won 2-1.
Grótta form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grótta so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Grótta delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Afturelding in their previous game; a League Cup duel.
Preceding that, 3-3 at home vs Stjarnan in the League Cup.
Grótta have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Reykjavík have not lost in the last 8 fixtures (6-2-0) versus Grótta.Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
Grótta missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Grótta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 61 | 38 | Scored | S | 12 | 42 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 79% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 47% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 37% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Fram | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Njardvik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Grótta | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 6 | Afturelding | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | Grótta | 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 | Grindavik | 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 |
