Akureyrarvöllur: KA vs Víkingur Reykjavík Pepsideild preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akureyrarvöllur (1645 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Pepsideild table has to be read with caution. So far KA find themselves in 2nd position and Víkingur Reykjavík are placed 3rd.

Insights:
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pepsideild

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

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KA form and stats

KA have only played one Pepsideild game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 7 draws and 0 defeats from 9 matches.

KA are returning here after visiting Keflavík in a Pepsideild game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Á. Sigurgeirsson (2), Hallgrímur Steingrímsson and E. Aðal­steins­son scored the goal(s).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Leiknir Reykjavík in a game that was won 3-0.

The manager A. Gretarsson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stjarnan in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from KA's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Four points from two away games for Víkingur Reykjavík, meaning one draw and one victory in the Pepsideild so far.

Impressive finishing from P. Punyed, K. Quee and J. Magnússon secured the home win 3-0 against Breidablik in their previous game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Stjarnan.

A quick return to home after this game, as Reykjavík are hosting Fylkir in the Pepsideild only four days away.

4 goals so far away for Víkingur Reykjavík, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KA three wins, five draws and Víkingur Reykjavík two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KAH. Steingrímsson
H. Steingrímsson
5 goals
KAÁ. Sigurgeirsson
Á. Sigurgeirsson
3 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkJ. Magnússon
J. Magnússon
2 goals

KA missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

KA Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 3 0 Scored S 0 4 8
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
25% 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
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 5.5
5.2 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 2.8
48% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 57% 73%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Pepsideild
KA Last season Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   10 18
3 2   Won W   1 3
12 7   Drew D   5 8
3 0   Lost L   4 7
20 9   Scored S   8 25
21 6   Conceded C   12 30
78% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 94%
67% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 89%
33% 22%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   20% 39%
33% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 33%
11% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 22%
61% 44%   BTTS BTTS   50% 67%
33% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 11%
28% 33%   Failed to Score F T   40% 28%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
11.2 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 12.6
4.3 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.9
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FH 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 10
2 KA 4 3 1 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 8 10
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 5 10
4 Valur 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 10
5 Leiknir Reykjavík 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5
6 Breidablik 4 1 1 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 6 -1 4
7 KR 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 -1 4
8 Keflavík 4 1 0 3 3 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 3
9 HK 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 2
10 Stjarnan 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 2
11 Fylkir 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
12 ÍA 4 0 2 2 2 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 2
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 Valur 18 14 2 2 50 17 9 5 2 2 15 6 9 9 0 0 35 11 33 44
2 FH 18 11 3 4 37 23 10 6 1 3 16 11 8 5 2 1 21 12 14 36
3 Breidablik 18 9 4 5 37 27 9 5 2 2 22 14 9 4 2 3 15 13 10 31
4 Stjarnan 17 8 7 2 27 20 8 3 4 1 12 11 9 5 3 1 15 9 7 31
5 KR 17 8 4 5 30 21 10 3 2 5 19 19 7 5 2 0 11 2 9 28
6 Fylkir 18 9 1 8 27 30 9 5 1 3 15 13 9 4 0 5 12 17 -3 28
7 KA 18 3 12 3 20 21 9 2 7 0 9 6 9 1 5 3 11 15 -1 21
8 ÍA 18 6 3 9 39 43 9 3 2 4 17 19 9 3 1 5 22 24 -4 21
9 HK 18 5 5 8 29 36 9 4 1 4 15 16 9 1 4 4 14 20 -7 20
10 Víkingur Reykjavík 18 3 8 7 25 30 8 2 3 3 17 18 10 1 5 4 8 12 -5 17
11 Grotta 18 1 5 12 15 43 8 0 3 5 9 21 10 1 2 7 6 22 -28 8
12 Fjölnir 18 0 6 12 15 40 9 0 2 7 7 24 9 0 4 5 8 16 -25 6

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.