The manager Ó. Jóhannesson looks to inspire FH win against Leiknir Reykjavík

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kaplakrikavöllur (6450 seats)

FH are ready for a new challenge after their 0-1 against 0-1 last time out. Leiknir Reykjavík are coming to town!

Insights:
  • FH have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals (16) in Pepsideild

FH have less rest than Leiknir Reykjavík in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Iceland Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at ÍA.

Leiknir Reykjavík play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Recent results for Leiknir Reykjavík when playing on grass are 13 wins, 4 draws and 15 defeats from 32 matches. They have created 39 goals and conceded 53 times in these fixtures.

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FH form and stats

FH have collected 9 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 2-3-2.

In their previous game, the manager Ó. Jóhannesson led his FH to a defeat in the Iceland Cup match away at ÍA. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kaplakrikavöllur.

1-1 away at KR before that.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from FH's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.

The FH fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. FH's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leiknir Reykjavík so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

257 minutes! That's how long the Leiknir Reykjavík goalkeeper Guy Smit and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Leiknir Reykjavík go into this game after a win, the home game against Valur that ended 1-0.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Fylkir that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Reykjavík playing away, we found three games. Results were two away wins, one draw and zero home wins.

Reykjavík are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 7 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reykjavík have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

FH and Leiknir Reykjavík have faced off earlier this season: Leiknir Reykjavík - FH 2-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - zero - two (FH wins - draws - Leiknir Reykjavík wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leiknir ReykjavíkS. Magnusson
S. Magnusson
10 goals
FHS. Lennon
S. Lennon
8 goals

FH missing players

Leiknir Reykjavík missing players

FH Leiknir Reykjavík
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 7 16
5 2 0 Won W 0 0 6
4 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
6 2 1 Lost L 1 5 7
21 11 0 Scored S 0 1 16
22 10 2 Conceded C 1 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 88%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 62%
40% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 44%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 12%
13% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 25%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
27% 14% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 86% 50%
 
6.1 6.3 9 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.7 3.8
5.2 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 6.9
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.9 9.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.4 7.1
3.5 3.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3.4
33% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 5% 30%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • FH have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leiknir Reykjavík have scored away.
  • FH have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Pepsideild
  • FH haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest points (2) away in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals (16) in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Valur 16 10 3 3 26 14 8 6 2 0 14 5 8 4 1 3 12 9 12 33
2 Vikingur Reykjavik 16 8 6 2 24 18 8 5 3 0 15 7 8 3 3 2 9 11 6 30
3 Breidablik 15 9 2 4 36 19 7 6 0 1 22 2 8 3 2 3 14 17 17 29
4 KA 15 8 3 4 23 12 6 3 0 3 8 5 9 5 3 1 15 7 11 27
5 KR 16 7 5 4 25 16 9 3 3 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 26
6 Leiknir Reykjavík 16 6 3 7 16 19 9 6 1 2 15 8 7 0 2 5 1 11 -3 21
7 FH 15 5 4 6 21 22 7 2 3 2 11 10 8 3 1 4 10 12 -1 19
8 Keflavík 15 5 2 8 19 25 8 4 1 3 11 9 7 1 1 5 8 16 -6 17
9 Stjarnan 16 4 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 13 12 8 1 3 4 6 14 -7 16
10 Fylkir 16 3 7 6 18 26 8 3 3 2 12 10 8 0 4 4 6 16 -8 16
11 HK 16 3 4 9 19 32 8 1 3 4 8 15 8 2 1 5 11 17 -13 13
12 ÍA 16 3 3 10 17 34 8 2 3 3 11 13 8 1 0 7 6 21 -17 12

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.