KR will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Fylkir.
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 Fylkir.
It should be mentioned that Fylkir play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Fylkir on grass are 8 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 37-40. You can compare this with overall results below.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
KR form and stats
KR, who have the most scored goals (18) at home in Pepsideild, have played 9 Pepsideild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for KR, who played 1-1 against Grótta. That match was also played at this venue (KR-Völlur). In the game before, an away victory match versus Breidablik with a 2-0 scoreline.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for KR as they are travelling to their away game against Víkingur Reykjavík in the Pepsideild. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), KR's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KR defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Fylkir form and stats
Playing away, Fylkir have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pepsideild this season.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus FH.
Fylkir have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Fylkir have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fylkir - KR 0-3 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five KR victories, four draws and one Fylkir win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.KR missing players
Fylkir missing players
| KR | Fylkir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 18 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 64% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 29% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 14% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 57% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 36% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 170 | 128 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 70 | 177 |
| 70 | 53 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 36 | 86 |
| 37% | 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 25% | 28% |
- All of Fylkir's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of KR's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fylkir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fylkir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KR has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pepsideild
- KR has the most scored goals (18) at home in Pepsideild
- KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | FH | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Fylkir | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 5 | KR | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | FH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | ÍA | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | HK | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | KA | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Grótta | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -20 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -23 | 6 |