Keflavík vs ÍA: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Both the home- and away side have had their share of problems so far, but a win in this vital game would certainly provide a boost. Let's hear it for Keflavík - ÍA!

Insights:
  • Keflavík have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Pepsideild

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Relegation threatens Keflavík who should definitely be looking for some points here. ÍA are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Keflavík form and stats

Keflavík have collected 13 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 4-1-5. The Keflavík manager S. Eyjolfsson might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A strong away win for Keflavík against Leiknir Reykjavík the last match, as J. Gibbs were on target.

In the preceding match a 5-3 victory visiting HK.

The Keflavík fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Keflavík have conceded 16 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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ÍA form and stats

ÍA have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 1-0-9 (10 played). Bitter travels for ÍA as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the HK match.

Steinar Þorsteinsson, H. Jónsson, E. Wöhler and I. Sigurðsson scored in ÍA's previous match, the home game against Fylkir that ended 5-0. As you can tell from the results above, ÍA was very dominant against Fylkir, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Steinar Þorsteinsson, H. Jónsson, E. Wöhler and I. Sigurðsson providing the goals.

Preceding that game was the away Iceland Cup victory against IR with the score of 3-1.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on ÍA's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 26 goals in 10 travels.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the teams faced each other earlier this season; ÍA - Keflavík 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Keflavík three wins, two draws and ÍA five victories. As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KeflavíkJ. Gibbs
J. Gibbs
10 goals
ÍAS. Þorsteinsson
S. Þorsteinsson
4 goals
ÍAG. Unnarsson
G. Unnarsson
4 goals

Keflavík missing players

ÍA missing players

Keflavík ÍA
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
6 4 1 Won W 1 1 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
12 5 0 Lost L 1 9 13
21 11 3 Scored S 4 7 26
35 16 1 Conceded C 4 26 42
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
48% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 67%
29% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 48%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 19%
43% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 52%
29% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 43%
 
4.7 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 6
8 7.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.9 7.2
2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.4 9.4 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 5.7 5.8
3.8 4.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 1.7 2.6
26% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 40% 47%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Keflavík have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • ÍA have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • ÍA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • ÍA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • ÍA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals (26) away in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • ÍA haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Víkingur Reykjavík 21 13 6 2 36 21 10 7 3 0 20 8 11 6 3 2 16 13 15 45
2 Breidablik 21 14 2 5 52 21 10 9 0 1 29 3 11 5 2 4 23 18 31 44
3 KA 21 12 3 6 34 18 10 6 0 4 15 8 11 6 3 2 19 10 16 39
4 KR 21 11 5 5 33 19 11 4 3 4 18 15 10 7 2 1 15 4 14 38
5 Valur 21 11 3 7 31 26 11 7 2 2 18 12 10 4 1 5 13 14 5 36
6 FH 21 9 5 7 37 24 11 4 4 3 18 12 10 5 1 4 19 12 13 32
7 Stjarnan 20 6 4 10 24 33 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 3 5 9 17 -9 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavík 21 6 4 11 18 30 11 6 2 3 15 9 10 0 2 8 3 21 -12 22
9 Keflavík 21 6 3 12 21 35 10 4 1 5 11 16 11 2 2 7 10 19 -14 21
10 ÍA 21 5 3 13 26 42 11 4 3 4 19 16 10 1 0 9 7 26 -16 18
11 HK 20 4 5 11 20 36 10 2 3 5 9 16 10 2 2 6 11 20 -16 17
12 Fylkir 21 3 7 11 18 45 10 3 3 4 12 20 11 0 4 7 6 25 -27 16

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.