KA vs KR: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 26.July
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 10th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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KA form and stats

1-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for KA so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for KA, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 247 minutes in the Pepsideild.

An away draw last time out for KA, facing FH in a game that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Grotta.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for KA, as the Iceland Cup home game vs IBV is only four days away.

The KA fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. KA have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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KR form and stats

KR are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Pepsideild.

There were no winners in KR's previous match, a Pepsideild home game that ended 2-2 vs Fjölnir (placed 12th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Fylkir with the score of 3-0.

After this away game KR return home for a Iceland Cup game against Fjölnir. That game is only four sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, KR are regular goalscorers on their travels. KR's manager R. Kristinsson has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one KA victory, three draws and four KR wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KAE. Aðal­steins­son
E. Aðal­steins­son
13 goals
KAH. Steingrímsson
H. Steingrímsson
11 goals
KRP. Pálmason
P. Pálmason
8 goals

KA missing players

KR missing players

KA KR
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 3 5
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
6 4 0 Scored S 0 6 13
10 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 7
71% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
57% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 86%
43% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 71%
43% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
43% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 43%
29% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
7.3 7.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.3 8.6
5.3 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.3 6.4
2.1 3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
68 39 7 Total Shots T S 0 24 78
24 14 2 Shots on Target S O 0 12 34
25% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 38%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KA has the fewest scored goals (6)
  • KA has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
  • KA has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
  • KA have not yet lost a game at home.
  • KR has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
  • KR has the most points from losing position (4)
  • KR have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • KR have scored more than double the goals of KA.
  • KR have won all their away games so far.
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 5 1 2 18 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 4 0 0 14 2 11 16
2 KR 7 5 1 1 13 7 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 16
3 Stjarnan 5 4 1 0 12 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 6 2 8 13
4 Vikingur Reykjavik 8 3 3 2 15 12 4 2 1 1 12 9 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 12
5 Fylkir 8 4 0 4 11 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 2 0 2 5 7 -1 12
6 Breidablik 8 3 2 3 14 12 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 11
7 FH 7 3 2 2 13 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 10 9 1 11
8 ÍA 8 3 1 4 18 16 4 1 1 2 7 7 4 2 0 2 11 9 2 10
9 HK 8 2 2 4 13 19 4 1 0 3 3 9 4 1 2 1 10 10 -6 8
10 KA 7 1 4 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -4 7
11 Grotta 8 1 2 5 8 18 4 0 2 2 5 12 4 1 0 3 3 6 -10 5
12 Fjölnir 8 0 3 5 7 19 4 0 0 4 2 12 4 0 3 1 5 7 -12 3

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.