It's still early in the Pepsideild season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Fjölnir - Fylkir preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
9-6-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Fylkir when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 26 matches are 44-41 (scored/conceded).
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Fjölnir form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Pepsideild game of the season here at Extra völlurinn. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from Fjölnir's 11 home games.
In their previous game, the manager A. Arnarsson led his Fjölnir to a defeat in the Pepsideild match away at Breidablik. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Extra völlurinn. Ahead of that match, Fjölnir won a home game hosting Selfoss (3-2).
The penalty miss from J. Gunnarsson in the defeat against Breidablik was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
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 Fjölnir have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Fjölnir as they have a new game in only four days, a Pepsideild match thankfully also at home. Grótta are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Fjölnir at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Fylkir form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Pepsideild ended in defeat. Last season Fylkir had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 2, drew 2 and lost 7.
The supporters enjoyed Fylkir's previous game versus Grótta (placed 12th), a Pepsideild 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away Iceland Cup victory against IH with the score of 8-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Fylkir in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Fylkir, two draws and four defeats.
1 goal so far away for Fylkir, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fjölnir three wins, three draws and Fylkir four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ingason 9 goals |  I. Sigurdsson 7 goals |
Fjölnir missing players
Fylkir missing players
| Fjölnir | Fylkir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 12 | 9.3 |
| 3.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 30% |
- Fylkir has the most matches under the total-line (3)
| Fjölnir | Last season | Fylkir | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 55% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 73% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 9% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 18% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 325 | 193 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 253 | ||
| 155 | 79 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 129 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Breidablik | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Valur | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Stjarnan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FH | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | KR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | IA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Fylkir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | HK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | KA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Fjölnir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Grótta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 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 | Grótta | 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 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Keflavik | 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 |
| 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 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 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 | Grindavík | 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 |