Grindavík fights Valur in Pepsideild battle

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grindavíkurvöllur (1750 seats)

Grindavík hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 11th position in the Pepsideild table. Visiting Valur holds 7th place with 25 pts.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Valur's home stadium. The visitors last 32 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses.

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Grindavík form and stats

Grindavík, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Pepsideild, have played 10 Pepsideild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Grindavík manager S. Tufegdzic and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus ÍA (placed 6th) in the Pepsideild. Preceding that match was a defeat to KA (0-2).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Grindavík here at Grindavíkurvöllur in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Grindavík have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valur form and stats

Playing away, Valur have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pepsideild this season.

Valur failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs KR (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against ÍBV wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Valur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Valur have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Valur - Grindavík 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grindavík 3 wins, 1 draw and Valur 6 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Pedersen
8 goals
O. Finsen
5 goals / 1 assists
L. Petry
4 goals

Grindavík missing players

Valur missing players

Grindavík Valur
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played 3 10 20
3 3 0 Won 1 3 7
10 5 3 Drew 0 2 4
7 2 0 Lost 2 5 9
15 8 2 Scored 2 16 34
23 9 2 Conceded 3 18 32
75% 80% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 70% 67% Over 1.5 33% 80% 70%
30% 20% 0% Over 2.5 33% 80% 70%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 40% 45%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 30% 30%
50% 50% 67% BTTS 33% 80% 70%
30% 30% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 10% 15%
45% 40% 33% Failed to Score 33% 10% 15%
 
5.4 4.7 6 Corners For (avg) 4.3 4.9 4.8
6.4 6.3 5.7 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.2 5.1
2.1 2.7 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Valur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Valur have scored more than double the goals of Grindavík.
  • Valur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Grindavík
All Iceland Cup League Cup Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A Club Friendlies Pepsideild
All Home Away
22-07-19 PE Breidablik 0 - 0 Grindavík
28-07-19 PE Grindavík 2 - 1 ÍBV
06-08-19 PE KR 5 - 2 Grindavík
12-08-19 PE Fylkir 2 - 1 Grindavík
18-08-19 PE Grindavík 1 - 1 HK
25-08-19 PE Víkingur Reykjavík 1 - 0 Grindavík
31-08-19 PE Grindavík 0 - 2 KA
16-09-19 PE ÍA 1 - 1 Grindavík
22-09-19 PE Grindavík 14:00 Valur
28-09-19 PE FH 14:00 Grindavík
Valur
All Champions League Europa League Iceland Cup League Cup Reykjavik Cup Pepsideild
All Home Away
28-07-19 PE ÍA 1 - 2 Valur
01-08-19 EL Ludogorets 4 - 0 Valur
07-08-19 PE Valur 1 - 0 Fylkir
11-08-19 PE Valur 2 - 3 FH
19-08-19 PE Breidablik 3 - 3 Valur
26-08-19 PE Valur 2 - 2 Stjarnan
01-09-19 PE ÍBV 2 - 1 Valur
16-09-19 PE Valur 0 - 1 KR
22-09-19 PE Grindavík 14:00 Valur
28-09-19 PE Valur 14:00 HK

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KR 20 14 4 2 39 20 10 8 2 0 23 9 10 6 2 2 16 11 19 46
2 Breidablik 20 11 4 5 43 28 10 5 3 2 23 13 10 6 1 3 20 15 15 37
3 FH 19 9 4 6 29 29 9 6 1 2 17 13 10 3 3 4 12 16 0 31
4 Stjarnan 20 7 8 5 33 31 10 5 2 3 16 13 10 2 6 2 17 18 2 29
5 HK 20 7 5 8 28 26 10 4 3 3 16 12 10 3 2 5 12 14 2 26
6 ÍA 20 7 5 8 25 26 10 5 1 4 15 12 10 2 4 4 10 14 -1 26
7 Valur 20 7 4 9 34 32 10 4 2 4 18 14 10 3 2 5 16 18 2 25
8 Víkingur Reykjavík 19 6 7 6 29 28 10 4 4 2 16 13 9 2 3 4 13 15 1 25
9 Fylkir 19 7 4 8 32 35 9 5 2 2 20 17 10 2 2 6 12 18 -3 25
10 KA 20 7 4 9 27 30 10 5 3 2 15 10 10 2 1 7 12 20 -3 25
11 Grindavík 20 3 10 7 15 23 10 3 5 2 8 9 10 0 5 5 7 14 -8 19
12 ÍBV 19 2 3 14 16 42 10 2 3 5 11 17 9 0 0 9 5 25 -26 9

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