KA vs KR match preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1770 seats)

Struggling KA will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying KR in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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KA form and stats

KA have performed well here at Akureyrarvöllur so far this season with 5 wins from 8 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. Two home wins in a row for KA bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Akureyrarvöllur after sharing the points with ÍBV on their last time out; the Pepsideild game ended 1-1. Before that, KA had a home game versus Stjarnan which ended with a victory 4-2.

The KA fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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KR form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (36) in Pepsideild, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses. KR seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

KR are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Pepsideild against Víkingur Reykjavík. Prior to that match, the KR manager R. Kristinsson faced defeat when travelling to FH and losing 1-3.

The travelling fans enjoy KR's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 away matches. KR have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

KA and KR have met before this season: KR - KA 1-0. Last seven meetings between the teams: KA won 1, KR won 4 and 2 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hallgrímur Steingrímsson
9 goals / 2 assists
E. Aðal­steins­son
8 goals
Ó. Hauksson
6 goals / 2 assists

KA missing players

KR missing players

KA KR
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played 3 8 17
6 5 2 Won 2 5 12
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 3
9 2 1 Lost 1 2 2
24 14 5 Scored 4 15 36
29 9 3 Conceded 3 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 62% 33% Over 1.5 67% 88% 82%
53% 38% 33% Over 2.5 67% 75% 65%
41% 25% 33% Over 3.5 0% 38% 41%
24% 25% 33% Over 4.5 0% 25% 29%
59% 50% 33% BTTS 67% 88% 71%
24% 38% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 12% 29%
18% 12% 33% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.4 6.4 9 Corners For (avg) 5 6.2 5.8
4.6 6 7.7 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.6 4.8
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • KA haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KR have scored in all their matches so far.
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

KA
21-07-19 PE KA 1 - 1 ÍA
28-07-19 PE KA 1 - 0 FH
07-08-19 PE Breidablik 4 - 0 KA
11-08-19 PE KA 4 - 2 Stjarnan
18-08-19 PE ÍBV 1 - 1 KA
25-08-19 PE KA 16:00 KR
31-08-19 PE Grindavík 16:00 KA
15-09-19 PE KA 16:00 HK
22-09-19 PE Víkingur Reykjavík 14:00 KA
28-09-19 PE KA 14:00 Fylkir
KR
28-07-19 PE Fylkir 1 - 4 KR
06-08-19 PE KR 5 - 2 Grindavík
11-08-19 PE HK 4 - 1 KR
14-08-19 IC FH 3 - 1 KR
19-08-19 PE KR 1 - 0 Víkingur Reykjavík
25-08-19 PE KA 16:00 KR
01-09-19 PE KR 17:00 ÍA
16-09-19 PE Valur 19:15 KR
22-09-19 PE KR 14:00 FH
28-09-19 PE Breidablik 14:00 KR

  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 17 12 3 2 36 20 9 7 2 0 21 9 8 5 1 2 15 11 16 39
2 Breidablik 17 9 3 5 34 22 8 4 2 2 18 9 9 5 1 3 16 13 12 30
3 FH 17 8 4 5 24 24 8 6 1 1 15 9 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 28
4 Stjarnan 17 7 6 4 29 25 9 5 2 2 15 10 8 2 4 2 14 15 4 27
5 HK 17 7 4 6 24 19 9 4 3 2 15 9 8 3 1 4 9 10 5 25
6 Valur 17 7 3 7 31 27 8 4 1 3 16 11 9 3 2 4 15 16 4 24
7 ÍA 17 6 4 7 22 22 8 4 0 4 12 10 9 2 4 3 10 12 0 22
8 Fylkir 17 6 4 7 26 29 8 4 2 2 17 15 9 2 2 5 9 14 -3 22
9 KA 17 6 2 9 24 29 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 1 7 10 20 -5 20
10 Víkingur Reykjavík 17 4 7 6 25 27 9 3 4 2 15 13 8 1 3 4 10 14 -2 19
11 Grindavík 17 3 9 5 14 19 9 3 5 1 8 7 8 0 4 4 6 12 -5 18
12 ÍBV 17 1 3 13 13 39 9 1 3 5 9 16 8 0 0 8 4 23 -26 6