KR vs Leiknir Reykjavík preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: KR-Völlur (3333 seats)

4th spot in the Pepsideild table for KR right now, a good performance. The home team supporters hope for more glory as 7th-placed Leiknir Reykjavík visit KR-Völlur.

Insights:
  • KR have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals (16) in Pepsideild

KR have less rest than Leiknir Reykjavík in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pepsideild game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at ÍA.

13 - 4 - 16 with 39-58. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Leiknir Reykjavík when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Leiknir Reykjavík play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

KR are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Leiknir Reykjavík are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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KR form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what KR have to build on here at KR-Völlur in the Pepsideild.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Beitir Olafsson not having conceded a league goal in 262 minutes.

A strong away win for KR against ÍA the last match, as Kjartan Finnbogason were on target.

In the game before, an away victory match versus HK with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for KR home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

The KR fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats

Leiknir Reykjavík have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 0-2-6 (8 played).

Leiknir Reykjavík aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 189 league minutes without a goal. A. Escobar was the last player to find the net.

Leiknir Reykjavík's last game was the home draw against HK (0-0).

Prior to that match, the Reykjavík manager S. Höskuldsson faced defeat when travelling to FH and losing 0-5.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Leiknir Reykjavík played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

Leiknir Reykjavík are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 8 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Reykjavík, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled earlier this season: Leiknir Reykjavík - KR 0-2. KR-Leiknir Reykjavík H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: KR six wins, Leiknir Reykjavík zero wins, zero draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KRK. Finnbogason
K. Finnbogason
6 goals
KRP. Pálmason
P. Pálmason
4 goals

KR missing players

Leiknir Reykjavík missing players

KR Leiknir Reykjavík
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 18
9 3 0 Won W 0 0 6
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
4 3 2 Lost L 2 6 8
28 15 3 Scored S 0 1 16
16 12 6 Conceded C 5 16 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 83%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 61%
33% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 44%
22% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 17%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
56% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 22%
39% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 39%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 88% 56%
 
6.8 8.3 10.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.1 4.1
4.9 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.5 6.6
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.7 13.3 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.2 7.1
4.3 4.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 3.2
36% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 5% 28%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KR have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leiknir Reykjavík have scored away.
  • KR have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • KR have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Pepsideild
  • KR have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KR have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest points (2) away in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals (16) in Pepsideild
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Breidablik 18 12 2 4 42 20 9 8 0 1 26 3 9 4 2 3 16 17 22 38
2 Valur 18 11 3 4 29 17 9 7 2 0 16 6 9 4 1 4 13 11 12 36
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 18 10 6 2 29 19 9 6 3 0 17 8 9 4 3 2 12 11 10 36
4 KR 18 9 5 4 28 16 9 3 3 3 15 12 9 6 2 1 13 4 12 32
5 KA 18 9 3 6 25 17 8 4 0 4 10 8 10 5 3 2 15 9 8 30
6 FH 18 7 5 6 31 22 9 3 4 2 16 10 9 4 1 4 15 12 9 26
7 Leiknir Reykjavík 18 6 4 8 16 24 10 6 2 2 15 8 8 0 2 6 1 16 -8 22
8 Stjarnan 18 5 4 9 22 28 9 4 1 4 15 12 9 1 3 5 7 16 -6 19
9 Keflavík 18 5 3 10 20 32 9 4 1 4 11 14 9 1 2 6 9 18 -12 18
10 Fylkir 18 3 7 8 18 31 9 3 3 3 12 13 9 0 4 5 6 18 -13 16
11 HK 18 3 5 10 19 33 9 1 3 5 8 16 9 2 2 5 11 17 -14 14
12 ÍA 18 3 3 12 18 38 9 2 3 4 11 15 9 1 0 8 7 23 -20 12

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.