Soccer match guide: Home ticketholders with high optimism before KA - Leiknir Reykjavík

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dalvíkurvöllur (1300 seats)

The fresh new season is about to begin and the followers are tingling with optimism. It’s a fresh slate as KA greet Leiknir Reykjavík for the opening fixture at Dalvíkurvöllur. Read more!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Leiknir Reykjavík have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-1-10 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.

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KA form and stats

In the previous season, KA's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, ending with 4th spot in the Pepsideild. From these 22 matches they scored 36 goals and let in 20. Playing at home in the last season KA managed 6-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 10 conceded.

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 six games, won three matches, drawn one and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for KA as they are travelling to their away game against IBV in the Pepsideild. That match is four days after this one.

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Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats

Let's have a look at how Leiknir Reykjavík performed last season in the Pepsideild: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 3/23 goals scored/conceded.

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 Leiknir Reykjavík playing away, we found four games. Results were two away wins, one draw and one home win.

After this away game Reykjavík return home for a Pepsideild game against Stjarnan. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six KA victories, one draw and three Leiknir Reykjavík wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

KA missing players

Leiknir Reykjavík missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KA Leiknir Reykjavík
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
KA Last season Leiknir Reykjavík
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
12 6   Won W   0 6
4 1   Drew D   2 4
6 4   Lost L   9 12
36 17   Scored S   3 18
20 10   Conceded C   23 32
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 86%
77% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 64%
50% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 45%
23% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 18%
9% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 9%
45% 36%   BTTS BTTS   27% 27%
36% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 32%
23% 27%   Failed to Score F T   73% 55%
 
5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.6
5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.3
2.1 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.3 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   6.4 7.5
4.2 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.3
39% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   12% 25%
 
9 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.3 10.6
3.6 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.2 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Breidablik 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Valur 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Vikingur Reykjavik 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 IA 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Stjarnan 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Fram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 KA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leiknir Reykjavík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FH 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 IBV 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Keflavik 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vikingur Reykjavik 22 14 6 2 38 21 11 8 3 0 22 8 11 6 3 2 16 13 17 48
2 Breidablik 22 15 2 5 55 21 11 10 0 1 32 3 11 5 2 4 23 18 34 47
3 KR 22 12 5 5 35 19 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 8 2 1 17 4 16 41
4 KA 22 12 4 6 36 20 11 6 1 4 17 10 11 6 3 2 19 10 16 40
5 Valur 22 12 3 7 37 26 11 7 2 2 18 12 11 5 1 5 19 14 11 39
6 FH 22 9 6 7 39 26 11 4 4 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 21 14 13 33
7 Stjarnan 22 6 4 12 24 36 11 4 1 6 15 18 11 2 3 6 9 18 -12 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavík 22 6 4 12 18 32 11 6 2 3 15 9 11 0 2 9 3 23 -14 22
9 IA 22 6 3 13 29 44 11 4 3 4 19 16 11 2 0 9 10 28 -15 21
10 Keflavik 22 6 3 13 23 38 11 4 1 6 13 19 11 2 2 7 10 19 -15 21
11 HK 22 5 5 12 21 39 11 3 3 5 10 16 11 2 2 7 11 23 -18 20
12 Fylkir 22 3 7 12 18 51 11 3 3 5 12 26 11 0 4 7 6 25 -33 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Breidablik 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Valur 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Vikingur Reykjavik 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 IA 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Stjarnan 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Fram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 KA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leiknir Reykjavík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FH 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 IBV 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Keflavik 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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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.