KA vs Breidablik preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Wed 25.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1645 seats)

A crucial match in Pepsideild as both crews are challenging for the top league positions. With KA in 4th place and Breidablik at 3rd, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Pepsideild
  • Breidablik have the most scored goals (40) in Pepsideild

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 KA and Breidablik.

KA are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Breidablik are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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KA form and stats

KA have played 7 Pepsideild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for KA here at Akureyrarvöllur, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

KA faced defeat in their previous match, away at Breidablik (0-2).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Stjarnan.

The match schedule is unforgiving for KA as they have a new game in only four days, a Pepsideild match thankfully also at home. IA are visiting.

The KA fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. From these home matches, KA have conceded only 6 goals.

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Breidablik form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Breidablik, who have the most scored goals (40) in Pepsideild, playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season. The fact that Breidablik have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Breidablik go into this game after a win, the home game against KA that ended 2-0.

Before that, Breidablik secured a home win against IA with the score 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for Breidablik now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pepsideild game at Fylkir is waiting in only four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Breidablik's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. Breidablik have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Breidablik - KA 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one KA victory, three draws and six Breidablik wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KAH. Steingrímsson
H. Steingrímsson
8 goals
KAÁ. Sigurgeirsson
Á. Sigurgeirsson
7 goals
BreidablikÁ. Vilhjálmsson
Á. Vilhjálmsson
6 goals

KA missing players

Breidablik missing players

KA Breidablik
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 7 2 Played P 2 8 17
9 4 0 Won W 0 3 11
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
5 3 2 Lost L 2 3 4
25 10 0 Scored S 1 14 40
15 6 2 Conceded C 6 17 20
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
47% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 71%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 62% 59%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 18%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 41%
35% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 41%
24% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 18%
 
4.8 6.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 6.1
5.2 4 9 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 4.2
2.2 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11.7 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 13 11.1
4.2 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.6
35% 34% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 37% 51%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Breidablik's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Breidablik have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Breidablik have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Breidablik have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Pepsideild
  • Breidablik have the most scored goals (40) in Pepsideild
  • Breidablik have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Pepsideild
  • Breidablik have the the best goal difference (+20) in Pepsideild
  • Breidablik haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
  • KA have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KA haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 18 11 3 4 29 17 9 7 2 0 16 6 9 4 1 4 13 11 12 36
2 Vikingur Reykjavik 18 10 6 2 29 19 9 6 3 0 17 8 9 4 3 2 12 11 10 36
3 Breidablik 17 11 2 4 40 20 9 8 0 1 26 3 8 3 2 3 14 17 20 35
4 KA 17 9 3 5 25 15 7 4 0 3 10 6 10 5 3 2 15 9 10 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 17 7 4 6 31 22 8 3 3 2 16 10 9 4 1 4 15 12 9 25
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 17 5 2 10 20 32 9 4 1 4 11 14 8 1 1 6 9 18 -12 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 IA 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.