Match preview Pepsideild: Keflavík - Valur at Nettóvöllurinn

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 24.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Nettóvöllurinn (4957 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Pepsideild table has to be read with caution. So far Keflavík find themselves in 10th position and Valur are placed 2nd.

Insights:
  • Keflavík have the most conceded goals (13) in Pepsideild
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (7) in Pepsideild

It's no vacation for neither Keflavík nor Valur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

10-5-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Valur when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 55-38 (scored/conceded).

L L L W L

Keflavík form and stats

Only two Pepsideild home games for Keflavík so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Keflavík has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Eyjolfsson and the players.

In their previous game, the manager S. Eyjolfsson led his Keflavík to a defeat in the Pepsideild match away at Fylkir. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Nettóvöllurinn. A goal frenzy last time out for Keflavík, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Fylkir. Fun stuff to watch!

Ahead of that match, Keflavík lost 1-4 at home to KA.

Early season league goal statistics from Keflavík's 2 home games: 3 goals, 4 conceded.

W W W D W

Valur form and stats

Valur are still undefeated on their travels in the Pepsideild. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Valur had fun at their own home (Nettóvöllurinn) last time out, beating Leiknir Reykjavik 1-0.

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

It's early days yet, but Valur has scored 4 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Keflavík victory, two draws and seven Valur wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValurP. Pedersen
P. Pedersen
3 goals
KeflavíkF. Elvarsson
F. Elvarsson
2 goals
ValurS. Lárusson
S. Lárusson
2 goals

Keflavík missing players

Valur missing players

Keflavík Valur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 1 Scored S 3 4 10
13 4 4 Conceded C 2 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 40%
60% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 40%
40% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 40%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 60%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
40% 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
3.4 4 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.6 8.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 4.5 8.6
2.8 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 4.2
36% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 48%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Keflavík's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Valur's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Keflavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Keflavík have the most conceded goals (13) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valur have not yet lost a game.
  • Valur have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (7) in Pepsideild
  • Valur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Keflavík Last season Valur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
19 9   Played P   9 18
13 7   Won W   9 14
4 1   Drew D   0 2
2 1   Lost L   0 2
57 28   Scored S   35 50
27 11   Conceded C   11 17
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 78%
89% 89%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 67%
74% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   78% 50%
37% 44%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   56% 39%
89% 100%   BTTS BTTS   78% 50%
11% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 44%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 11%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.7
3 3   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.6 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 12.8
6.1 8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.7 6
49% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   58% 46%

  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 5 4 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 5 3 6 13
2 Valur 5 4 1 0 10 5 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 5 13
3 FH 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 10
4 KA 5 3 1 1 10 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 10
5 Breidablik 5 2 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 0 1 1 3 6 3 7
6 Leiknir Reykjavik 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 -1 5
7 Fylkir 5 1 2 2 7 10 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 5
8 ÍA 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 5
9 KR 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 -1 4
10 Keflavík 5 1 0 4 5 13 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 9 -8 3
11 HK 5 0 2 3 6 11 4 0 2 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 2 3 -5 2
12 Stjarnan 5 0 2 3 2 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 6 -7 2

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.