Football tips: Fjölnir vs Víkingur Reykjavík - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Thu 20.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Extra völlurinn (2000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Extra völlurinn haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fjölnir languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Víkingur Reykjavík will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Fjölnir form and stats

There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with Fjölnir yet to win or draw a Pepsideild game here. The sad story at Extra völlurinn is: Fjölnir played 5 games, lost 5 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Fjölnir who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Thor, 347 days ago. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Extra völlurinn, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Leiknir Reykjavik game.

The fans are hoping that Fjölnir will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Pepsideild game against HK (placed 9th). A Iceland Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at KR.

Fjölnir aren't scoring a lot here at Extra völlurinn in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Fjölnir have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here at Extra völlurinn. Fjölnir have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Playing away, Víkingur Reykjavík have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pepsideild this season. Two points from the last two away games for Reykjavík, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Víkingur Reykjavík might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Breidablik proved too strong as Víkingur Reykjavík slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Víkingsvöllur. A 1-2 loss hosting Stjarnan before that.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Breidablik was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Reykjavík are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Víkingur Reykjavík - Fjölnir 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Fjölnir victories, two draws and two Víkingur Reykjavík wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FjölnirI. Sigurdsson
I. Sigurdsson
7 goals

Fjölnir missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Fjölnir Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 0 0 Drew D 2 3 4
7 5 2 Lost L 0 1 3
9 3 2 Scored S 3 4 18
25 15 6 Conceded C 1 4 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
50% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 40%
80% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 70%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 20%
20% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 20%
 
3.9 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6.8 7
6.3 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.9
2.1 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
94 49 26 Total Shots T S 30 48 109
34 19 12 Shots on Target S O 12 17 46
26% 16% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 39%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Fjölnir's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Fjölnir has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Fjölnir has the fewest points (0) at home
  • Fjölnir has the most conceded goals (15) at home
  • Fjölnir has the most conceded goals (25)
  • Fjölnir has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
  • Fjölnir has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home
  • Fjölnir has the the worst goal difference (-16)
  • Fjölnir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fjölnir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fjölnir have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Fjölnir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fjölnir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fjölnir is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 10 7 1 2 22 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 5 0 0 17 3 14 22
2 Breidablik 10 5 2 3 23 17 5 3 1 1 15 9 5 2 1 2 8 8 6 17
3 KR 9 5 2 2 14 9 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 17
4 FH 9 5 2 2 17 14 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 12 10 3 17
5 Stjarnan 7 4 3 0 14 6 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 8 15
6 Fylkir 10 5 0 5 16 17 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 2 0 3 7 10 -1 15
7 FH 7 3 2 2 13 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 10 9 1 11
7 IA 10 4 1 5 24 23 5 2 1 2 10 9 5 2 0 3 14 14 1 13
8 Víkingur Reykjavík 10 3 4 3 18 17 5 2 1 2 14 13 5 1 3 1 4 4 1 13
9 HK 10 3 2 5 18 23 5 2 0 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 12 13 -5 11
10 KA 9 1 5 3 6 11 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 -5 8
11 Grotta 10 1 3 6 10 21 4 0 2 2 5 12 6 1 1 4 5 9 -11 6
12 Fjölnir 10 0 3 7 9 25 5 0 0 5 3 15 5 0 3 2 6 10 -16 3

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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.