Pepsideild match prediction: Little separates KA and ÍA in quality

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Date: Sun 21.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1770 seats)

The visiting ÍA side should be favourites in this visit to KA, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither KA nor ÍA 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

KA have played 6 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

KA drew their last game, also a home match. ÍA was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at HK.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how KA have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 1.

A decent goal production from KA in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 matches. KA's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ÍA form and stats

Playing away, ÍA have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat so far this season. It's three draws from ÍA's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

ÍA are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at KA. Before that, ÍA travelled to Grindavík and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by ÍA in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for ÍA, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

ÍA are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games. ÍA have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: KA - ÍA 1-1. KA-ÍA H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: KA 1 win, ÍA 5 wins, 4 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Hallgrímur Steingrímsson
6 goals / 1 assists
E. Aðal­steins­son
6 goals
T. Haraldsson
4 goals / 1 assists

KA missing players

ÍA missing players

KA ÍA
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played 3 7 13
4 3 0 Won 0 2 6
1 1 0 Drew 2 4 4
8 2 1 Lost 1 1 3
18 9 0 Scored 3 9 19
22 7 1 Conceded 4 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 67% 86% 92%
77% 67% 0% Over 1.5 67% 71% 85%
54% 33% 0% Over 2.5 33% 43% 38%
38% 17% 0% Over 3.5 33% 29% 31%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 33% 14% 8%
62% 50% 0% BTTS 67% 71% 54%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 29% 38%
15% 17% 100% Failed To Score 33% 14% 15%
 
5.2 6.7 16 Corners For (avg) 6.7 6.9 5.2
4.1 4.7 3 Corners Against (avg) 3.7 4.4 4.7
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2.7 2.8
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • KA have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KA haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ÍA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ÍA have won significantly more corners away than at home.

KA
23-06-19 PE KA 3 - 4 Víkingur Reykjavík
30-06-19 PE Fylkir 3 - 2 KA
04-07-19 PE Valur 3 - 1 KA
14-07-19 PE HK 2 - 1 KA
21-07-19 PE KA 1 - 1 ÍA
28-07-19 PE KA 17:00 FH
07-08-19 PE Breidablik 18:00 KA
11-08-19 PE KA 16:00 Stjarnan
18-08-19 PE ÍBV 16:00 KA
25-08-19 PE KA 16:00 KR
ÍA
22-06-19 PE ÍA 0 - 2 HK
01-07-19 PE Víkingur Reykjavík 0 - 0 ÍA
06-07-19 PE ÍA 2 - 0 Fylkir
15-07-19 PE Grindavík 1 - 1 ÍA
21-07-19 PE KA 1 - 1 ÍA
28-07-19 PE ÍA 19:15 Valur
06-08-19 PE FH 19:15 ÍA
11-08-19 PE ÍA 16:00 Breidablik
18-08-19 PE Stjarnan 19:15 ÍA
24-08-19 PE ÍA 16:00 ÍBV

  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 13 9 3 1 25 13 7 5 2 0 15 7 6 4 1 1 10 6 12 30
2 Breidablik 12 7 1 4 23 15 5 3 0 2 11 6 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 22
3 ÍA 13 6 4 3 19 14 6 4 0 2 10 6 7 2 4 1 9 8 5 22
4 Stjarnan 13 5 5 3 21 18 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 2 3 1 11 10 3 20
5 Fylkir 13 5 4 4 22 21 6 3 2 1 14 10 7 2 2 3 8 11 1 19
6 FH 12 5 4 3 18 18 6 4 1 1 12 8 6 1 3 2 6 10 0 19
7 Valur 13 5 2 6 23 20 6 3 1 2 13 8 7 2 1 4 10 12 3 17
8 HK 12 4 2 6 15 16 6 2 2 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 7 9 -1 14
9 Grindavík 12 2 7 3 8 10 7 2 4 1 5 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 13
10 Víkingur Reykjavík 13 2 7 4 18 21 7 1 4 2 9 10 6 1 3 2 9 11 -3 13
11 KA 13 4 1 8 18 22 6 3 1 2 9 7 7 1 0 6 9 15 -4 13
12 ÍBV 13 1 2 10 10 32 7 1 2 4 8 14 6 0 0 6 2 18 -22 5