Football betting preview: Fylkir vs Stjarnan

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 21.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Würth völlurinn (2872 seats)

Fylkir will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Stjarnan.

Stjarnan could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pepsideild game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at FH. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Fylkir form and stats

Overall Pepsideild stats at home this season for Fylkir are 3-0-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Fylkir will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Pepsideild game against IA (placed 7th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Fram (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) that finished 1-1.

The defeat against IA was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by T. Haraldsson).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pepsideild game versus Fjölnir in only four days. This game is also played here at Würth völlurinn.

The Fylkir fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Stjarnan form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Pepsideild. Stjarnan has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's the second away game in a row for Stjarnan, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus FH (placed 5th) in the Pepsideild last time out. A draw for Stjarnan before that, at their own venue hosting Grotta (1-1).

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Stjarnan are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Stjarnan - Fylkir 2-1 played earlier this season. Fylkir-Stjarnan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fylkir zero wins, Stjarnan ten wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FylkirV. Ingimundarson
V. Ingimundarson
6 goals
FylkirH. Jónsson
H. Jónsson
4 goals

Fylkir missing players

Stjarnan missing players

Fylkir Stjarnan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 4 8
5 3 0 Won W 2 3 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 2 Lost L 0 0 0
16 9 0 Scored S 4 8 16
17 7 4 Conceded C 2 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
90% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
80% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 62%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
30% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
60% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 88%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 12%
30% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
5.7 6.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 5.2 6
7 7.4 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.8 6.1
2 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
94 51 13 Total Shots T S 29 47 107
44 25 6 Shots on Target S O 10 17 38
36% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 47% 42%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Fylkir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stjarnan has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Stjarnan have not yet lost a game.
  • Stjarnan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stjarnan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 Stjarnan 8 5 3 0 16 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 3 1 0 8 3 9 18
3 Breidablik 10 5 2 3 23 17 5 3 1 1 15 9 5 2 1 2 8 8 6 17
4 KR 9 5 2 2 14 9 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 17
5 FH 10 5 2 3 18 16 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 3 1 1 12 10 2 17
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 Vikingur Reykjavik 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

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.