Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for ÍA, but Valur are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?
- ÍA have the fewest scored goals (11) in Pepsideild
- Valur have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Pepsideild
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.
ÍA form and stats
ÍA, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Pepsideild, have collected 3 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 0-3-2.
ÍA are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 241 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by I. Thorvaldsson).
In their previous game, the manager J. Guðjónsson led his ÍA to a defeat in the Pepsideild match away at Leiknir Reykjavik. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Norðurálsvöllurinn.
Prior to that, an away loss at Vikingur Reykjavik.ÍA are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the ÍA defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Valur form and stats
As the visiting team in Pepsideild matches, Valur have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.
The manager H. Gudjonsson was unhappy after their last game, a Champions League match played at their home ground Vodafonevöllurinn (Valsvöllur). Valur suffered a 0-2 loss to Dinamo Zagreb.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Dinamo Zagreb's place.Valur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Valur in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Valur - ÍA 2-0 entered in the official records. ÍA-Valur H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: ÍA two wins, Valur eight wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 5 goals |   G. Unnarsson 3 goals | S. Lárusson 3 goals |
ÍA missing players
Valur missing players
| ÍA | Valur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 25 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 42% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 8 | 7.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.9 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 42% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 43% |
- Valur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valur have scored in all their matches so far.
- Valur have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Pepsideild
- Valur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- ÍA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ÍA have the fewest scored goals (11) in Pepsideild
- ÍA have the most conceded goals (25) in Pepsideild
- ÍA have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Pepsideild
- ÍA have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Pepsideild
- ÍA have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- ÍA have yet to win a game at home.
- ÍA is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | KR | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | KA | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Keflavik | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Stjarnan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | FH | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | HK | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | ÍA | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 6 |