KA look to Akureyrarvöllur supporters for inspiration before Stjarnan match

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1645 seats)

KA should be favourites to win this home game against Stjarnan, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pepsideild
  • Stjarnan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

KA have less rest than Stjarnan in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Iceland Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Keflavík.

Stjarnan play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game will be played on grass. Relevant results for Stjarnan when playing on grass are 8 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats from 28 matches. They have created 39 goals and conceded 49 times in these games.

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KA form and stats

3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for KA, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pepsideild, so far this season. KA has recorded two wins in a row here at Akureyrarvöllur, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

KA faced defeat in their previous match, away at Keflavík (1-3).

Before that, KA played out a Pepsideild draw 2-2 when visiting Vikingur Reykjavik.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does KA handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and zero defeats.

KA has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. KA are not conceding a lot of goals here at Akureyrarvöllur in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Stjarnan form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stjarnan so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Stjarnan seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Stjarnan failed to get anything from their last game, a Pepsideild home match vs Breidablik (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-3.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus ÍA.

We have checked recent matches where Stjarnan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, two draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Stjarnan when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Stjarnan's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Stjarnan - KA 0-1. KA-Stjarnan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: KA four wins, Stjarnan two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KAH. Steingrímsson
H. Steingrímsson
8 goals
KAÁ. Sigurgeirsson
Á. Sigurgeirsson
6 goals
StjarnanH. Halldórsson
H. Halldórsson
5 goals

KA missing players

Stjarnan missing players

KA Stjarnan
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 6 1 Played P 2 8 16
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 0 0 Drew D 0 3 4
4 3 0 Lost L 2 4 8
23 8 2 Scored S 2 6 19
12 5 0 Conceded C 7 14 26
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
47% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 56%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 38%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 19%
47% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
40% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
20% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
5 6.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.4 6.8
5.4 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.9 5.7
2.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.3 13.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.6 8.8
4.4 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 4
35% 30% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 30%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
  • KA have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KA haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stjarnan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Valur 16 10 3 3 26 14 8 6 2 0 14 5 8 4 1 3 12 9 12 33
2 Vikingur Reykjavik 16 8 6 2 24 18 8 5 3 0 15 7 8 3 3 2 9 11 6 30
3 Breidablik 15 9 2 4 36 19 7 6 0 1 22 2 8 3 2 3 14 17 17 29
4 KA 15 8 3 4 23 12 6 3 0 3 8 5 9 5 3 1 15 7 11 27
5 KR 16 7 5 4 25 16 9 3 3 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 26
6 Leiknir Reykjavík 16 6 3 7 16 19 9 6 1 2 15 8 7 0 2 5 1 11 -3 21
7 FH 15 5 4 6 21 22 7 2 3 2 11 10 8 3 1 4 10 12 -1 19
8 Keflavík 15 5 2 8 19 25 8 4 1 3 11 9 7 1 1 5 8 16 -6 17
9 Stjarnan 16 4 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 13 12 8 1 3 4 6 14 -7 16
10 Fylkir 16 3 7 6 18 26 8 3 3 2 12 10 8 0 4 4 6 16 -8 16
11 HK 16 3 4 9 19 32 8 1 3 4 8 15 8 2 1 5 11 17 -13 13
12 ÍA 16 3 3 10 17 34 8 2 3 3 11 13 8 1 0 7 6 21 -17 12

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.