Keflavík v Víkingur Reykjavík preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 19.July
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)

Víkingur Reykjavík can not expect any pleasantries from their host Keflavík in this Pepsideild game. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Keflavík have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (6) in Pepsideild

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Keflavík form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Keflavík have to build on here in the Pepsideild. Two home wins in a row for Keflavík bring valid hopes of a third.

Keflavík lost their last game at KR (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that match, a win away at Stjarnan.

Keflavík has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Playing away, Víkingur Reykjavík, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Pepsideild, have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pepsideild this season.

208 minutes! That's how long the Víkingur Reykjavík goalkeeper Thordur Ingason and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to HK (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Pepsideild match ended in a draw 0-0.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs IA.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reykjavík have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. 6 goals have been conceded by Reykjavík in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Víkingur Reykjavík - Keflavík 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Keflavík victories, one draw and six Víkingur Reykjavík wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
10 goals
KeflavíkJ. Gibbs
J. Gibbs
7 goals
KeflavíkF. Elvarsson
F. Elvarsson
2 goals

Keflavík missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Keflavík Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 6 12
4 3 0 Won W 1 2 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
6 2 1 Lost L 1 1 1
14 7 1 Scored S 2 7 17
20 6 2 Conceded C 2 6 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 67%
55% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 33%
45% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
27% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
45% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 50%
27% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 50%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 8%
 
5.6 6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 11 7.5 7.5
8.5 7.8 15 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.2
2.6 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 11.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.3 9.9
3.6 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 3.8
35% 28% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 38%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Keflavík have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Keflavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (6) in Pepsideild

  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 12 8 3 1 21 11 7 5 2 0 13 5 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 27
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 12 6 5 1 17 9 6 4 2 0 10 3 6 2 3 1 7 6 8 23
3 Breidablik 11 7 1 3 28 15 6 5 0 1 18 2 5 2 1 2 10 13 13 22
4 KR 12 6 3 3 19 13 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 4 2 0 10 3 6 21
5 KA 11 5 2 4 16 9 4 1 0 3 4 4 7 4 2 1 12 5 7 17
6 Fylkir 12 3 5 4 17 20 7 3 2 2 12 10 5 0 3 2 5 10 -3 14
7 Leiknir Reykjavik 12 4 2 6 13 18 6 4 1 1 12 7 6 0 1 5 1 11 -5 14
8 Keflavík 11 4 1 6 14 20 5 3 0 2 7 6 6 1 1 4 7 14 -6 13
9 Stjarnan 12 3 4 5 12 18 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 1 3 2 4 9 -6 13
10 FH 11 3 3 5 14 17 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 2 0 4 6 11 -3 12
11 HK 12 2 4 6 14 21 7 1 3 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 6 9 -7 10
12 IA 12 1 3 8 11 25 5 0 3 2 5 8 7 1 0 6 6 17 -14 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.