Pepsideild match preview: ÍBV believed to be the weaker party when KR pays a visit

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Date: Sat 06.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hásteinsvöllur (3034 seats)

Struggling ÍBV will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying KR in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for ÍBV and KR.

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ÍBV form and stats

ÍBV's struggle is real here at Hásteinsvöllur with only 5 points collected from 6 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-2-3. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for ÍBV with their five defeats in a row. Not since the ÍA game, 34 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Game days at Hásteinsvöllur have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for ÍBV as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The ÍBV fans got no joy from their last match, a Pepsideild game also here at Hásteinsvöllur: A 1-2 defeat against KR. Ahead of that match, ÍBV lost 0-2 at home to Stjarnan.

ÍBV are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 7 goals in 6 matches. ÍBV are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).

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KR form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (23) in Pepsideild, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. In general it has been a productive period now for KR as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes KR's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Grindavik game.

It's the second away game in a row for KR, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus ÍBV in the Pepsideild last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Breidablik.

KR has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 10 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, KR have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the ÍBV - KR 1-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 0 - 6 (ÍBV wins - draws - KR wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ó. Hauksson
5 goals / 1 assists
P. Pálmason
5 goals / 1 assists
T. Thomsen
4 goals / 1 assists

ÍBV missing players

KR missing players

ÍBV KR
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played 1 6 12
1 1 1 Won 1 4 9
2 2 0 Drew 0 1 2
8 3 1 Lost 0 1 1
9 7 3 Scored 1 10 23
27 12 4 Conceded 0 6 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 83% 83%
64% 67% 50% Over 2.5 0% 67% 58%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 0% 17% 25%
18% 17% 50% Over 4.5 0% 0% 17%
55% 67% 50% BTTS 0% 83% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 17% 33%
45% 33% 50% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 1.3 2.5 Corners For (avg) 6 5.7 5.5
3.9 2.7 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 5 4.7 4.6
2 1.8 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.3 1.7
3 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of ÍBV's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KR have created more than twice as many corners as ÍBV.
  • KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KR have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • KR have scored in all their matches so far.
  • KR have scored more than double the goals of ÍBV.
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ÍBV have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • ÍBV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • ÍBV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • ÍBV have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • ÍBV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

ÍBV
All Europa League Iceland Cup League Cup Fotbolti.Net Cup Cup A Club Friendlies Pepsideild
All Home Away
15-06-19 PE Valur 5 - 1 ÍBV
22-06-19 PE Breidablik 3 - 1 ÍBV
26-06-19 IC ÍBV 2 - 3 Víkingur Reykjavík
30-06-19 PE ÍBV 0 - 2 Stjarnan
06-07-19 PE ÍBV 1 - 2 KR
13-07-19 PE ÍBV 16:00 FH
21-07-19 PE Fylkir 16:00 ÍBV
28-07-19 PE Grindavik 16:00 ÍBV
03-08-19 PE ÍBV 14:00 HK
11-08-19 PE Víkingur Reykjavík 16:00 ÍBV
KR
All Europa League Iceland Cup League Cup Reykjavik Cup Club Friendlies Pepsideild
All Home Away
19-06-19 PE KR 3 - 2 Valur
23-06-19 PE FH 1 - 2 KR
27-06-19 IC KR 3 - 0 Njardvík
01-07-19 PE KR 2 - 0 Breidablik
06-07-19 PE ÍBV 1 - 2 KR
11-07-19 EL Molde 17:00 KR
18-07-19 EL KR 19:00 Molde
21-07-19 PE KR 19:15 Stjarnan
28-07-19 PE Fylkir 19:15 KR
06-08-19 PE KR 19:15 Grindavik

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 KR 12 9 2 1 23 11 6 5 1 0 13 5 6 4 1 1 10 6 12 29
2 Breidablik 11 7 1 3 22 13 4 3 0 1 10 4 7 4 1 2 12 9 9 22
3 ÍA 11 6 2 3 17 12 6 4 0 2 10 6 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 20
4 Stjarnan 12 5 4 3 19 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 5 2 2 1 9 8 3 19
5 Valur 12 5 1 6 21 18 6 3 1 2 13 8 6 2 0 4 8 10 3 16
6 Fylkir 11 4 3 4 18 20 5 2 2 1 11 10 6 2 1 3 7 10 -2 15
7 FH 10 3 4 3 15 17 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 0 3 2 4 9 -2 13
8 Grindavík 11 2 6 3 7 9 6 2 3 1 4 4 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 12
9 KA 11 4 0 7 16 19 5 3 0 2 8 6 6 1 0 5 8 13 -3 12
10 Víkingur Reykjavík 10 2 5 3 15 17 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 1 3 1 9 10 -2 11
11 HK 10 2 2 6 11 14 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 1 0 4 5 8 -3 8
12 ÍBV 11 1 2 8 9 27 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 0 0 5 2 15 -18 5

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