Pepsideild preview and statistics: Fylkir - ÍBV at Würth völlurinn

It's no vacation for neither Fylkir nor ÍBV as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike ÍBV's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on artificial turf have ended in 1 win, 0 draws and 9 losses.

Fylkir form and stats

When playing at home, Fylkir have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Würth völlurinn after three straight home wins.

Fylkir's previous game was a Pepsideild match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus ÍBV. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Fylkir played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Víkingur Reykjavík.

Goals decide football matches and Fylkir are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.

ÍBV form and stats

There's been little loot from ÍBV's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 6 away games. ÍBV, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Pepsideild, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. ÍBV are still without points from their away games. 6 games, 6 defeats. ÍBV are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 7 days since they avoided defeat. (The ÍA game.) six defeats in a row for ÍBV in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Njardvík.

It might be tough going out on the road again for ÍBV, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Fylkir. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus FH.

Goals are few and far between in ÍBV's away games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. ÍBV are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches. ÍBV can't defend away. 18 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Fylkir - ÍBV 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 8 Fylkir victories, 1 draw and 1 ÍBV win. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Ingimundarson 5 goals

G. Castillion 4 goals

A. Eyþórsson 3 goals / 1 assists

Fylkir missing players

ÍBV missing players