Grindavík vs HK: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grindavíkurvöllur (1750 seats)

Struggling Grindavík will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying HK in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

HK play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for HK when playing on grass are 14 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats from 32 matches. They have scored 47 goals and conceded 50 times in these games.

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Grindavík form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Grindavík, who have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Pepsideild, have to build on here at Grindavíkurvöllur.

The fans are hoping that Grindavík will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Pepsideild game against Fylkir. Heartbreak before that as Grindavík lost 2-5 at KR's place.

Grindavík have scored 7 goals here in 8 matches, not a lot. Grindavík are not conceding a lot of goals here at Grindavíkurvöllur, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.

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HK form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L4 on the road this term. It’s been three wins in a row for HK on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

HK are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Pepsideild against KR. Prior to that result HK won their away game at IBV. The scoreline was 1-0.

HK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded by HK in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result HK - Grindavík 0-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Grindavík, 3 draws and 1 win for HK. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

A. Marteinsson
4 goals
Atli Arnarson
4 goals
Primo Conde
3 goals

Grindavík missing players

HK missing players

Grindavík HK
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played 2 7 16
3 3 1 Won 1 3 7
8 4 1 Drew 0 0 3
5 1 1 Lost 1 4 6
13 7 2 Scored 2 8 23
18 6 3 Conceded 2 9 18
69% 75% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
56% 62% 67% Over 1.5 50% 71% 81%
38% 25% 33% Over 2.5 50% 43% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 14% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 14% 12%
50% 50% 33% BTTS 50% 43% 56%
38% 38% 33% Clean Sheets 50% 29% 31%
44% 38% 67% Failed To Score 0% 29% 19%
 
4.9 4.1 2.7 Corners For (avg) 3 3.6 4.2
6.3 6.6 7.7 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.4 5.4
2.1 2.8 4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • HK haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Grindavík
All Iceland Cup League Cup Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A Inkasso-Deildin Club Friendlies Pepsideild
All Home Away
15-07-19 PE Grindavík 1 - 1 IA
22-07-19 PE Breidablik 0 - 0 Grindavík
28-07-19 PE Grindavík 2 - 1 IBV
06-08-19 PE KR 5 - 2 Grindavík
12-08-19 PE Fylkir 2 - 1 Grindavík
18-08-19 PE Grindavík 17:00 HK
25-08-19 PE Vikingur Reykjavik 19:15 Grindavík
31-08-19 PE Grindavík 16:00 KA
15-09-19 PE IA 16:00 Grindavík
22-09-19 PE Grindavík 14:00 Valur
HK
All Iceland Cup League Cup Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A Inkasso-Deildin Club Friendlies Pepsideild
All Home Away
14-07-19 PE HK 2 - 1 KA
22-07-19 PE HK 2 - 0 FH
29-07-19 PE HK 1 - 1 Stjarnan
03-08-19 PE IBV 0 - 1 HK
11-08-19 PE HK 4 - 1 KR
18-08-19 PE Grindavík 17:00 HK
26-08-19 PE Fylkir 19:15 HK
01-09-19 PE HK 16:00 Vikingur Reykjavik
15-09-19 PE KA 16:00 HK
22-09-19 PE HK 14:00 IA

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 KR 16 11 3 2 35 20 8 6 2 0 20 9 8 5 1 2 15 11 15 36
2 Breidablik 16 9 2 5 31 19 7 4 1 2 15 6 9 5 1 3 16 13 12 29
3 FH 16 7 4 5 22 23 7 5 1 1 13 8 9 2 3 4 9 15 -1 25
4 HK 16 7 3 6 23 18 9 4 3 2 15 9 7 3 0 4 8 9 5 24
5 Stjarnan 16 6 6 4 26 24 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 2 4 2 14 15 2 24
6 Valur 16 7 2 7 28 24 8 4 1 3 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 13 4 23
7 ÍA 16 6 4 6 21 19 8 4 0 4 12 10 8 2 4 2 9 9 2 22
8 Fylkir 16 6 4 6 25 27 8 4 2 2 17 15 8 2 2 4 8 12 -2 22
9 Víkingur Reykjavík 16 4 7 5 25 26 9 3 4 2 15 13 7 1 3 3 10 13 -1 19
10 KA 16 6 1 9 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 8 1 0 7 9 19 -5 19
11 Grindavík 16 3 8 5 13 18 8 3 4 1 7 6 8 0 4 4 6 12 -5 17
12 ÍBV 16 1 2 13 12 38 8 1 2 5 8 15 8 0 0 8 4 23 -26 5

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