Soccer match preview: KR confident before travelling to ÍA

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Norðurálsvöllurinn (5550 seats)

ÍA - KR in Pepsideild: Statistics, teams, results, trends and headlines. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals (36) in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Pepsideild

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!

ÍA are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. KR are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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ÍA form and stats

ÍA, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Pepsideild, have played 8 Pepsideild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager J. Guðjónsson led his ÍA to a defeat in the Pepsideild match away at Breidablik. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Norðurálsvöllurinn.

Before that, ÍA had a Iceland Cup home game versus FH which ended with a victory 1-0.

The ÍA fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. ÍA have conceded 13 from these games.

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KR form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Pepsideild.

It's the second away game in a row for KR, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus HK (placed 11th) in the Pepsideild last time out. A heroic performance from KR in their game against HK last time out. Things got complicated when A. Kristinsson was sent off in the 11th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!

A 1-3 defeat away at Vikingur Reykjavik before that.

KR have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. KR are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest past match involving both these teams is the KR - ÍA 3-1 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: ÍA won zero, KR triumphed in nine and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

KRK. Finnbogason
K. Finnbogason
5 goals
ÍAG. Unnarsson
G. Unnarsson
4 goals
KRP. Pálmason
P. Pálmason
4 goals

ÍA missing players

KR missing players

ÍA KR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
3 2 0 Won W 1 5 8
3 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
11 3 1 Lost L 0 1 4
18 11 2 Scored S 2 11 26
36 13 5 Conceded C 1 4 16
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 82%
65% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 35%
47% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 24%
18% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 59%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 35%
41% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
5.8 8 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 6.9
7.4 6.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6.1 5
3.1 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
5.6 5.2 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.5 10.6
2.4 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4.2
44% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 33% 36%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KR have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • KR have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Pepsideild
  • KR have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Pepsideild
  • KR have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals (36) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 17 11 3 3 28 15 9 7 2 0 16 6 8 4 1 3 12 9 13 36
2 Vikingur Reykjavik 17 9 6 2 27 18 8 5 3 0 15 7 9 4 3 2 12 11 9 33
3 Breidablik 16 10 2 4 38 20 8 7 0 1 24 3 8 3 2 3 14 17 18 32
4 KA 16 9 3 4 25 13 7 4 0 3 10 6 9 5 3 1 15 7 12 30
5 KR 17 8 5 4 26 16 9 3 3 3 15 12 8 5 2 1 11 4 10 29
6 FH 16 6 4 6 26 22 8 3 3 2 16 10 8 3 1 4 10 12 4 22
7 Leiknir Reykjavik 17 6 3 8 16 24 9 6 1 2 15 8 8 0 2 6 1 16 -8 21
8 Keflavik 16 5 2 9 20 27 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 1 1 6 9 18 -7 17
9 Stjarnan 17 4 4 9 20 28 8 3 1 4 13 12 9 1 3 5 7 16 -8 16
10 Fylkir 17 3 7 7 18 29 9 3 3 3 12 13 8 0 4 4 6 16 -11 16
11 HK 17 3 4 10 19 33 9 1 3 5 8 16 8 2 1 5 11 17 -14 13
12 ÍA 17 3 3 11 18 36 8 2 3 3 11 13 9 1 0 8 7 23 -18 12

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.