Home advantage could prove decisive in KR - FH battle

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: KR-Völlur (3333 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Pepsideild table so far. Here's the KR - FH latest:

Insights:
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Pepsideild
  • FH have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for KR and FH.

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KR form and stats

KR have collected 11 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 3-2-3.

No payout for KR in their previous match, an away game at Valur that ended in defeat 0-1.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Fylkir.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how KR have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for KR as they are travelling to their away game against Vikingur Reykjavik in the Iceland Cup. That match is four days after this one.

The KR fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. KR's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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FH form and stats

Playing away, FH have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pepsideild this season.

FH's previous game was their home loss versus HK (2-4). A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for FH, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at ÍA.

FH are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The schedule is very tough for FH now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Iceland Cup game at ÍA is waiting in only three days.

FH have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. FH have conceded 11 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result FH - KR 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five KR victories, two draws and three FH wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FHS. Lennon
S. Lennon
8 goals
KRP. Pálmason
P. Pálmason
4 goals
KRÓ. Hauksson
Ó. Hauksson
4 goals

KR missing players

FH missing players

KR FH
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 1 7 14
7 3 0 Won W 0 3 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
24 14 1 Scored S 1 9 20
15 11 2 Conceded C 2 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
40% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 43%
27% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
60% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 29% 50%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 21%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 29%
 
7.1 8.4 13 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.1 6.2
5.1 4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4.9 5
2.3 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.1 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 14 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.6 8.8
4.5 4.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.5
35% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 33%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of FH's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FH have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FH haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KR have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Pepsideild
  • KR have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 10 3 2 26 13 8 6 2 0 14 5 7 4 1 2 12 8 13 33
2 Vikingur Reykjavik 15 8 5 2 22 16 7 5 2 0 13 5 8 3 3 2 9 11 6 29
3 Breidablik 14 8 2 4 33 18 7 6 0 1 22 2 7 2 2 3 11 16 15 26
4 KA 14 8 2 4 21 10 6 3 0 3 8 5 8 5 2 1 13 5 11 26
5 KR 15 7 4 4 24 15 8 3 2 3 14 11 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 25
6 FH 14 5 3 6 20 21 7 2 3 2 11 10 7 3 0 4 9 11 -1 18
7 Leiknir Reykjavík 15 5 3 7 15 19 8 5 1 2 14 8 7 0 2 5 1 11 -4 18
8 Stjarnan 15 4 4 7 18 23 7 3 1 3 12 9 8 1 3 4 6 14 -5 16
9 Keflavik 14 5 1 8 18 24 7 4 0 3 10 8 7 1 1 5 8 16 -6 16
10 Fylkir 15 3 6 6 17 25 8 3 3 2 12 10 7 0 3 4 5 15 -8 15
11 HK 15 3 4 8 18 28 8 1 3 4 8 15 7 2 1 4 10 13 -10 13
12 ÍA 15 2 3 10 13 33 7 1 3 3 7 12 8 1 0 7 6 21 -20 9

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.