Match preview Pepsideild: KR - HK at KR-Völlur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Tue 25.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: KR-Völlur (3333 seats)

After five games we know a little more about the qualities of KR and HK in this fresh Pepsideild season. Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Pepsideild
  • HK have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Pepsideild

It's no vacation for neither KR nor HK 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.

It should be mentioned that HK 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 HK on grass are 9 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 32-30. You can compare this with overall results below.

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KR form and stats

KR have less points than they have played home games in the Pepsideild so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for KR, their manager R. Kristinsson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Happy days for KR in their previous game, a Pepsideild match away at FH (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Valur with the scoreline 2-3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the KR at home in the league. 3 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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HK form and stats

HK have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Pepsideild were 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 9 fixtures. Three has not been a lucky number for HK as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Fylkir match.

The manager B. Gunnarsson was unhappy after their last game, a Pepsideild match played at their home ground Kórinn. HK suffered a 1-3 loss to IA (placed 9th).

A loss against FH was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, HK has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five KR victories, one draw and three HK wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KRP. Pálmason
P. Pálmason
2 goals
HKS. Ljubicic
S. Ljubicic
2 goals
KRÓ. Hauksson
Ó. Hauksson
1 goals

KR missing players

HK missing players

KR HK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 1 5
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
8 3 0 Scored S 0 2 6
7 6 0 Conceded C 0 3 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 80%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 20%
60% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 12.4
4 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5
40% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 24%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of HK's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • All of KR's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • HK have lost all their away matches so far.
  • HK have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • HK have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Pepsideild
  • HK have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Pepsideild
  • KR have lost all their home matches so far.
  • KR have scored in all their matches so far.
  • KR have the fewest points (0) at home in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Pepsideild
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
KR Last season HK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
17 10   Played P   9 18
8 3   Won W   1 5
4 2   Drew D   4 5
5 5   Lost L   4 8
30 19   Scored S   14 29
21 19   Conceded C   20 36
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
59% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 67%
24% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   56% 56%
12% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 33%
59% 80%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
35% 10%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 17%
12% 10%   Failed to Score F T   22% 22%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.6 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 9.2
5.4 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.6
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vikingur Reykjavik 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 KA 5 3 1 1 10 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 10
4 FH 5 3 1 1 11 5 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 10
5 Breidablik 5 2 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 0 1 1 3 6 3 7
6 KR 5 2 1 2 8 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 7
7 Leiknir Reykjavík 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 -1 5
8 Fylkir 5 1 2 2 7 10 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 5
9 IA 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 5
10 Keflavik 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.