Pepsideild match preview: Grótta versus Fylkir

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Vivaldivöllurinn (1050 seats)

Grótta hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 6 points and a 11th position in the Pepsideild table. Visiting Fylkir holds 5th place with 19 pts.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pepsideild. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at HK.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Grótta form and stats

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

Grótta are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 195 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. F. Gunnarsson).

Grótta are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus HK. Before that game, the home loss against Breidablik with the scoreline 0-1.

Grótta are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Grótta having conceded 13 goals here at Vivaldivöllurinn so far.

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Fylkir form and stats

As the visiting team in Pepsideild matches, Fylkir have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far. Fylkir seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Fylkir go into this game after a win, the home game against Fjölnir that ended 2-0. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Stjarnan.

Fylkir have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. The Fylkir manager A. Þórarinsson has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Fylkir - Grótta 2-0, played this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Grótta, zero draws and four wins for Fylkir. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

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

Grótta missing players

Fylkir missing players

Grótta Fylkir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 5 12
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
8 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
10 5 1 Scored S 2 7 19
25 13 5 Conceded C 1 10 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
17% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
33% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 58%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
58% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 25%
 
4.3 3.6 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.6 6
6.8 7.8 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 6.5
2.3 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 2.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
73 32 11 Total Shots T S 10 43 117
38 16 5 Shots on Target S O 5 19 53
26% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 36%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Fylkir's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Fylkir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Fylkir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fylkir have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fylkir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grótta has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Grótta have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Grótta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Grótta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Grótta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grótta have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Grótta have yet to win a game at home.
  • Grótta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 8 1 2 27 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 6 0 0 22 7 15 25
2 Stjarnan 10 5 5 0 18 9 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 3 2 0 9 4 9 20
3 Breidablik 11 6 2 3 24 17 5 3 1 1 15 9 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 20
4 FH 11 6 2 3 22 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 3 1 1 12 10 6 20
5 Fylkir 12 6 1 5 19 18 7 4 1 2 12 8 5 2 0 3 7 10 1 19
6 KR 10 5 2 3 18 14 6 2 1 3 12 13 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 17
7 FH 7 3 2 2 13 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 10 9 1 11
7 ÍA 11 4 2 5 26 25 5 2 1 2 10 9 6 2 1 3 16 16 1 14
8 Vikingur Reykjavik 11 3 5 3 19 18 5 2 1 2 14 13 6 1 4 1 5 5 1 14
9 HK 12 4 2 6 21 27 6 3 0 3 9 10 6 1 2 3 12 17 -6 14
10 KA 11 1 7 3 9 14 6 1 5 0 6 5 5 0 2 3 3 9 -5 10
11 Grótta 12 1 3 8 10 25 5 0 2 3 5 13 7 1 1 5 5 12 -15 6
12 Fjölnir 12 0 4 8 10 28 6 0 1 5 4 16 6 0 3 3 6 12 -18 4

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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.