Football match preview: Fram vs Valur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Framvöllur Úlfarsárdal (15600 seats)

This has the looks of yet another engrossing run-in at Framvöllur Úlfarsárdal in the Pepsideild. Fram is in 10th position and welcome Valur in 2nd spot. Read about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Fram have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pepsideild
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (6) in Pepsideild

Valur play their home matches on artifical turf, while this fixture will take part on grass. Up to date stats for Valur when playing on grass are 6 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats from 27 matches. They have created {31 goals} and conceded 44 times in these fixtures.

This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning extra tension and significance.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fram and Valur.

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Fram form and stats

0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Fram have to build on here at Framvöllur Úlfarsárdal in the Pepsideild.

The Fram crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Valur here at Framvöllur Úlfarsárdal. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Magnússon for missing a penalty kick versus Valur in the 57th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Before that match, a somewhat shocking home defeat against Throttur Reykjavik in the Iceland Cup.

Fram has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {5 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Valur form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pepsideild, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 3 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Valur, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Fram (placed 10th) last time out.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting RB in the Iceland Cup (4-1).

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Valur has managed {3 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Fram - Valur 1-3 was the score in these contenders' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Fram, three draws and five wins for Valur. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

FramG. Magnússon
G. Magnússon
2 goals
ValurT. Haraldsson
T. Haraldsson
2 goals
FramH. Magnússon
H. Magnússon
1 goals

Fram missing players

Valur missing players

Fram Valur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 3 0 Scored S 0 3 5
6 5 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
2.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6.3
3.7 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.7
2.3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6.7
5 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 5
27% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 33%
 
7.3 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6.3
5 5.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.7
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Fram have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Pepsideild
  • Fram have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pepsideild
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (6) in Pepsideild
Fram Last season Valur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   14 27
7 5   Won W   2 10
10 5   Drew D   4 5
10 4   Lost L   8 12
53 31   Scored S   18 46
63 33   Conceded C   25 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
96% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 81%
78% 79%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 67%
70% 71%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 41%
41% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 26%
81% 79%   BTTS BTTS   64% 63%
11% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 15%
7% 7%   Failed to Score F T   29% 22%
 
4.5 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   7.1 6.8
5.9 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 6
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
2 2   Red cards R C   3 6
 
7.9 7.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 9.6
3.7 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 4.6
52% 62%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 37%
 
11.2 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10.1
5.1 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.6

  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 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
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 KR 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4
5 HK 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 4
6 FH 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 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 IBV 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
10 Fram 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
11 Fylkir 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
12 Stjarnan 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 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 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.