Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when KA greet Fram

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 29.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1645 seats)

The home team ticketholders plan for a win in this game, as the home advantage should be put to good use against a struggling visitor. KA are in 6th position while the guesting Fram panic at 9th.

Insights:
  • KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fram have scored in all their matches so far.

It's no vacation for neither KA nor Fram 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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KA form and stats

When playing at home in the Pepsideild, KA have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. It's trouble wherever KA are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Stress levels are on the rise for KA's attacking players as they have now played 284 minutes without scoring in a league game. Sigurgeirsson was their last goal scorer.

KA's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Fram (placed 9th).

Preceding that match was the home game against Víkingur Reykjavík that was lost 0-4.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from KA's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

KA are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KA defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Fram form and stats

The Pepsideild season is young and Fram have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Fram play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting KA (placed 6th).

A 1-2 loss hosting KR before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Fram playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 2 home wins.

It's early days yet, but Fram has scored 6 and conceded 9 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).

Head 2 Head

KA have not lost in the last 11 games (7-4-0) versus Fram.

Top Goalscorers

FramG. Magnússon
G. Magnússon
4 goals
KAÁ. Sigurgeirsson
Á. Sigurgeirsson
3 goals
KAT. Thórisson
T. Thórisson
2 goals

KA missing players

Fram missing players

KA Fram
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 7 2 Played P 2 4 9
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
5 3 0 Lost L 1 2 4
10 8 3 Scored S 2 7 16
16 12 0 Conceded C 4 9 18
90% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 89%
50% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 78%
30% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 56%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
30% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 89%
20% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 11%
60% 57% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.5 4.2
3.5 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.8 4.4
2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 9.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.8 9.1
3.7 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5
27% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 36%
 
9.5 8.1 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10 10.2
3.7 4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.9
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Fram have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Fram have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Fram haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Víkingur Reykjavík 9 9 0 0 21 2 5 5 0 0 12 1 4 4 0 0 9 1 19 27
2 Breidablik 9 7 0 2 19 11 4 3 0 1 11 8 5 4 0 1 8 3 8 21
3 Valur 9 6 1 2 23 8 5 3 1 1 10 5 4 3 0 1 13 3 15 19
4 FH 9 5 1 3 19 18 4 4 0 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 9 14 1 16
5 HK 9 4 1 4 18 17 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 3 0 2 14 12 1 13
6 KA 9 3 2 4 10 15 6 2 2 2 8 11 3 1 0 2 2 4 -5 11
7 Fylkir 9 3 1 5 14 19 6 3 0 3 12 14 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 10
8 KR 9 3 1 5 6 15 3 1 0 2 1 2 6 2 1 3 5 13 -9 10
9 Fram 8 2 2 4 15 18 5 2 1 2 9 9 3 0 1 2 6 9 -3 8
10 Stjarnan 9 2 1 6 14 17 5 2 1 2 11 10 4 0 0 4 3 7 -3 7
11 IBV 9 2 0 7 10 20 3 1 0 2 4 5 6 1 0 5 6 15 -10 6
12 Keflavík 8 1 2 5 5 14 3 0 0 3 1 7 5 1 2 2 4 7 -9 5

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.