Breidablik vs Víkingur Reykjavík: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 02.June
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kópavogsvöllur (3009 seats)

Breidablik and Víkingur Reykjavík are both thriving in the Pepsideild with their 3rd and 1st positions respectively. Let's hope for a great game!

Insights:
  • Breidablik is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pepsideild

It's no vacation for neither Breidablik nor Víkingur Reykjavík as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Breidablik form and stats

Breidablik have collected 9 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 3-0-1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Kópavogsvöllur after three straight home wins.

The Breidablik goalkeeper Anton Ari Einarsson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 419 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pepsideild.

Breidablik shared the glory with Keflavík in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Before that, Breidablik had a home game versus Valur which ended with a victory 1-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as FH are coming to town in three days.

Breidablik are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Kópavogsvöllur in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Playing away, Víkingur Reykjavík have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Pepsideild this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Víkingur Reykjavík's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Stjarnan game.

The manager Gunnlaugsson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Víkingsvöllur. Víkingur Reykjavík suffered a 2-3 loss to Valur (placed 2nd). Before that defeat this team had won at least a draw from nine league rounds in a row.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at KA.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Reykjavík playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 3 Víkingur Reykjavík wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Víkingur Reykjavík have another fixture away in just three nights, a Iceland Cup match vs Thor. A difficult fixture list for the visitors!

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Víkingur Reykjavík are regular goalscorers on their travels. Reykjavík's manager Gunnlaugsson has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Breidablik wins - draws - Víkingur Reykjavík wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
5 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkB. Ingason
B. Ingason
4 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkO. Ekroth
O. Ekroth
2 goals

Breidablik missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Breidablik Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 0 4 10
7 3 1 Won W 0 4 9
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
19 11 1 Scored S 0 9 23
11 8 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
70% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 30%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 30%
60% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 70%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.5 6.8
5.5 5.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.8 5.8
2.3 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 14.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16.8 13.5
4 4.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 5.9
48% 58% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 39%
 
8 8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6.5 7.2
3.5 4.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 3
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Breidablik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Breidablik have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Breidablik have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Pepsideild
  • Breidablik haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Breidablik is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (7) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the the best goal difference (+18) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have won all their away games so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 9 0 1 23 5 6 5 0 1 14 4 4 4 0 0 9 1 18 27
2 Valur 10 7 1 2 26 10 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 4 0 1 16 5 16 22
3 Breidablik 10 7 1 2 19 11 4 3 0 1 11 8 6 4 1 1 8 3 8 22
4 FH 9 5 1 3 19 18 4 4 0 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 9 14 1 16
5 KA 10 4 2 4 14 17 7 3 2 2 12 13 3 1 0 2 2 4 -3 14
6 HK 10 4 1 5 18 20 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 3 0 3 14 15 -2 13
7 Fylkir 10 3 2 5 17 22 7 3 1 3 15 17 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 11
8 KR 10 3 2 5 9 18 3 1 0 2 1 2 7 2 2 3 8 16 -9 11
9 IBV 10 3 0 7 13 20 4 2 0 2 7 5 6 1 0 5 6 15 -7 9
10 Fram 9 2 2 5 17 22 5 2 1 2 9 9 4 0 1 3 8 13 -5 8
11 Stjarnan 9 2 1 6 14 17 5 2 1 2 11 10 4 0 0 4 3 7 -3 7
12 Keflavík 9 1 3 5 5 14 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 1 2 2 4 7 -9 6

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.