Breidablik vs Fjölnir betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Kópavogsvöllur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 29.June
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kópavogsvöllur (5501 seats)

The Breidablik manager O. Thorvaldsson attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Fjölnir and their manager A. Arnarsson are in 10th place before this match.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Iceland Cup match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Keflavík, was also a home game here at Kópavogsvöllur. The away team is better rested.

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Breidablik form and stats

The hosts won their first Pepsideild game here at Kópavogsvöllur, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Breidablik last season were 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 11 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 244 minutes.

A nice win for Breidablik last time playing, versus Keflavík. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with K. Steindorsson (2) and S. Sigurdarson scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Fylkir and winning 1-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Breidablik home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

Early season league goal statistics from Breidablik's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

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Fjölnir form and stats

One match played away so far in the Pepsideild for Fjölnir and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from 11 games.

Fjölnir are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Iceland Cup against Selfoss. A loss against Stjarnan was the result prior to that, in a Pepsideild home game.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Fjölnir played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fjölnir has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Breidablik won six, Fjölnir won two and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FjölnirI. Sigurdsson
I. Sigurdsson
7 goals
FjölnirH. Gudmundsson
H. Gudmundsson
5 goals

Breidablik missing players

Fjölnir missing players

Breidablik Fjölnir
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 3 3 Scored S 0 1 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.5
3.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 4.5
2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
22 11 11 Total Shots T S 0 7 20
11 7 7 Shots on Target S O 0 2 7
36% 43% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 29%
Breidablik Last season Fjölnir
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
11 5   Won W   6 12
5 3   Drew D   2 6
6 3   Lost L   3 4
45 24   Scored S   25 49
31 15   Conceded C   13 22
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 77%
64% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 55%
50% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 50%
27% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 27%
68% 73%   BTTS BTTS   64% 64%
23% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 32%
14% 18%   Failed to Score F T   18% 14%
 
6.4 7.7   Corners for (avg) C F   7.2 7.2
4.2 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.9
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
341 165   Total Shots T S   132 325
141 73   Shots on Target S O   76 155
32% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stjarnan 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
2 Breidablik 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 FH 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
4 HK 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
5 Valur 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
6 IA 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
7 KR 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
8 Víkingur Reykjavík 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
9 KA 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
10 Fjölnir 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
11 Fylkir 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
12 Grotta 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0
Last season 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
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Grotta 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

Read more about Pepsideild

The Úrvalsdeild karla (meaning Men’s Select division) is the highest level of football in Iceland. It has also been known by the sponsorship name Pepsideild. Twelve teams play a season from April to September, each playing 22 fixtures to decide the final league table and the Icelandic champion.