ÍBV vs KA betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Wed 28.Jun
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hásteinsvöllur (3540 seats)

ÍBV hope to fill the stadium for this fixture even though the season has been hard so far with 10 points and a 11th position in the Pepsideild table. Opponents KA have 5th place with 17 pts.

Insights:
  • ÍBV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild

It's no vacation for neither ÍBV nor KA as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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ÍBV form and stats

When playing at home in the Pepsideild, ÍBV have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.

The ÍBV regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Hásteinsvöllur: A 0-3 defeat against Valur (placed 2nd).

Preceding that game was the away draw at KR that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with ÍBV perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with ÍBV as a small favourite), we find 4 games. ÍBV has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league games with this team has had at least three goals.

The ÍBV fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. ÍBV have conceded 8 from these games.

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KA form and stats

As the visiting team in Pepsideild matches, KA have produced an overall stat of 1-0-4 so far. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Jónasson, the KA manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

KA play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to KR (placed 7th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Fylkir.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by KA in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for KA, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

KA are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 5 away games.

Head 2 Head

KA have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing ÍBV.

KA - ÍBV 3-0 was the end result in these contenders' previous h2h match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

KAÁ. Sigurgeirsson
Á. Sigurgeirsson
3 goals
KAJ. Árnason
J. Árnason
2 goals
KAB. Adalsteinsson
B. Adalsteinsson
2 goals

ÍBV missing players

KA missing players

ÍBV KA
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 5 13
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
8 3 0 Lost L 1 4 6
14 7 3 Scored S 0 2 16
24 8 0 Conceded C 4 10 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
92% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 85%
83% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 62%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 38%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
58% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 38%
8% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
33% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 54%
 
6.4 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.8 6.1
5.5 5.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.5
2.4 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 13.4 22 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.8 10.2
4.6 6 14 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 4.2
25% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 29%
 
10.8 12 5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 11.4 10.2
5.2 5.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 3.8 4.2
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • KA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Pepsideild
  • KA haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • ÍBV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KA have scored away.
  • ÍBV 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 Vikingur Reykjavik 13 11 1 1 30 8 8 7 0 1 19 5 5 4 1 0 11 3 22 34
2 Valur 13 9 2 2 35 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 6 0 1 24 5 24 29
3 Breidablik 13 7 3 3 25 20 5 3 1 1 13 10 8 4 2 2 12 10 5 24
4 FH 12 6 3 3 26 21 6 5 1 0 16 6 6 1 2 3 10 15 5 21
5 KA 13 5 2 6 16 24 8 4 2 2 14 14 5 1 0 4 2 10 -8 17
6 HK 12 5 1 6 23 27 6 2 1 3 9 12 6 3 0 3 14 15 -4 16
7 KR 12 4 3 5 12 19 5 2 1 2 4 3 7 2 2 3 8 16 -7 15
8 Fylkir 12 3 3 6 19 25 7 3 1 3 15 17 5 0 2 3 4 8 -6 12
9 Stjarnan 12 3 2 7 19 20 6 3 1 2 15 10 6 0 1 5 4 10 -1 11
10 Fram 12 3 2 7 22 30 6 3 1 2 13 10 6 0 1 5 9 20 -8 11
11 ÍBV 12 3 1 8 14 24 5 2 0 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 7 16 -10 10
12 Keflavík 12 1 5 6 8 20 6 0 3 3 3 9 6 1 2 3 5 11 -12 8

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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.