Pepsideild match prediction and preview for HK vs Víkingur Reykjavík clash

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Tue 13.July
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kórinn (1564 seats)

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for HK, but Víkingur Reykjavík are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • HK have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Fylkir.

Víkingur Reykjavík play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Víkingur Reykjavík when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 20 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.

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HK form and stats

HK's struggle is real here at Kórinn with only 5 points collected from 6 Pepsideild games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

HK enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fylkir's place. The match ended 2-1 with B. Ingason and M. Rauschenberg scoring.

Ahead of that match, HK lost 2-3 at home to Breidablik.

HK are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. HK have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Impressive finishing from N. Hansen secured the home win 1-0 against IA in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when N. Hansen scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat IA.

A 1-2 defeat away at Leiknir Reykjavik before that.

Reykjavík find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Víkingur Reykjavík have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (HK wins - draws - Víkingur Reykjavík wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
10 goals
HKB. Ingason
B. Ingason
4 goals
HKS. Ljubicic
S. Ljubicic
4 goals

HK missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

HK Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 1 1 1
14 8 2 Scored S 2 7 17
21 12 3 Conceded C 3 6 9
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
73% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 36%
45% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
18% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
82% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 55%
9% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 45%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 7.4 7.5
6.4 3.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 4.5
2.7 3.3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10 9.7
4.2 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.1
30% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 38%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • HK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • HK have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Pepsideild
  • HK have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Pepsideild
  • HK have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pepsideild
  • HK have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík 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 12 8 3 1 21 11 7 5 2 0 13 5 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 27
2 Breidablik 11 7 1 3 28 15 6 5 0 1 18 2 5 2 1 2 10 13 13 22
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 11 6 4 1 17 9 6 4 2 0 10 3 5 2 2 1 7 6 8 22
4 KR 11 5 3 3 18 13 5 1 1 3 8 10 6 4 2 0 10 3 5 18
5 KA 10 5 2 3 15 7 4 1 0 3 4 4 6 4 2 0 11 3 8 17
6 Keflavik 10 4 1 5 14 19 5 3 0 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 7 13 -5 13
7 Stjarnan 12 3 4 5 12 18 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 1 3 2 4 9 -6 13
8 FH 11 3 3 5 14 17 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 2 0 4 6 11 -3 12
9 Fylkir 11 2 5 4 15 19 6 2 2 2 10 9 5 0 3 2 5 10 -4 11
10 Leiknir Reykjavik 11 3 2 6 11 18 5 3 1 1 10 7 6 0 1 5 1 11 -7 11
11 HK 11 2 3 6 14 21 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 6 9 -7 9
12 IA 11 1 3 7 11 23 5 0 3 2 5 8 6 1 0 5 6 15 -12 6

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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.