Evenly matched teams: FH vs KR match preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kaplakrikavöllur (6450 seats)

FH challenge KR for recognition and sporting success.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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FH form and stats

The hosts won their first Pepsideild game here at Kaplakrikavöllur, lifting spirits. Home statistics for FH last season were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss from 2 games.

FH faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fylkir (2-4). A goal frenzy last time out for FH, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Fylkir. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that, a strong away victory at Ægir. A Iceland Cup match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FH have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4.

At Kaplakrikavöllur, FH has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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KR form and stats

Things could have gone better for KR in their Pepsideild away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

KR are travelling again after losing away to Vikingur Reykjavik in their previous match (0-3).

Before that game, the victory at home hosting Throttur Vogar in the Iceland Cup (3-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by KR in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for KR, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

4 goals have been conceded by KR in these games.

Head 2 Head

KR have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing FH.

Top Goalscorers

KRK. Jónsson
K. Jónsson
1 goals
KRK. Finnbogason
K. Finnbogason
1 goals
KRB. Breki Andrésson
B. Breki Andrésson
1 goals

FH missing players

KR missing players

FH KR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 3 3
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 1 0 Scored S 2 3 3
6 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 13 8.7 8.7
3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5.3
2.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 23 14 14
4.7 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 6 6
36% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 17% 17%
 
9 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.7 13.7
4.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6.3 6.3
FH Last season KR
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   14 27
6 5   Won W   5 9
7 4   Drew D   5 11
14 4   Lost L   4 7
36 27   Scored S   24 42
46 21   Conceded C   24 40
89% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 89%
81% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 70%
67% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 56%
30% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 41%
22% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 22%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   64% 56%
19% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
37% 23%   Failed to Score F T   21% 30%
 
6.7 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.6 6.4
6.2 6.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.7
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.3 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   11 10.2
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 4.8
31% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%
 
7.9 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9 8.7
3.8 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vikingur Reykjavik 3 3 0 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 9
2 Valur 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 6
3 KA 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
4 HK 3 1 1 1 9 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 8 8 0 4
5 FH 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 6 -1 4
6 KR 3 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
7 Keflavik 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 4
8 Breidablik 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 3
9 Fylkir 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Stjarnan 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
11 IBV 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
12 Fram 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
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 Keflavik 5 3 0 2 56 48 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 8 3 8 37
2 IBV 5 4 0 1 43 50 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 5 4 -7 32
3 Fram 5 2 0 3 53 63 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 2 2 7 -10 31
4 IA 5 3 1 1 36 63 2 2 0 0 6 4 3 1 1 1 6 6 -27 25
5 FH 5 2 0 3 36 46 2 1 0 1 5 4 3 1 0 2 4 7 -10 25
6 Leiknir Reykjavik 5 0 1 4 28 66 2 0 1 1 3 9 3 0 0 3 4 8 -38 21

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.