KR vs Víkingur Reykjavík match preview: Even contest expected at KR-völlur - Gervigras

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 01.July
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: KR-völlur - Gervigras (1000 seats)

KR-völlur - Gervigras: Prepare for a football festivity when KR invite Víkingur Reykjavík. All the latest on the match at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Pepsideild

This is a local derby, usually meaning increased stress and significance.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Iceland Cup game only three days ago. That game, against Selfoss, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Víkingur Reykjavík.

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KR form and stats

KR have collected 6 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 1-3-1.

KR are returning here after visiting Njardvik in a Iceland Cup match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Up until that fixture this team had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without a loss.

A Pepsideild defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Breidablik.

This is expected to be a close game, with KR perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with KR as a small favourite), we find 8 games. KR has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

At KR-völlur - Gervigras, KR has the goal stats of 5-5 (for/against) from 5 league fixtures.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Pepsideild, on their Pepsideild travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Two away matches in a row for Reykjavík, whose manager Gunnlaugsson could celebrate last time after the Iceland Cup win against Selfoss.

hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Víkingur Reykjavík in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Víkingur Reykjavík, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Observe that 9 of this team's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The schedule is very tough for Víkingur Reykjavík now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Malmö FF is waiting in only four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Reykjavík's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (KR wins - draws - Víkingur Reykjavík wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkK. Ingason
K. Ingason
4 goals
KRK. Finnbogason
K. Finnbogason
3 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkE. Agnarsson
E. Agnarsson
3 goals

KR missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

KR Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 0 4 10
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
4 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
16 5 0 Scored S 0 6 22
16 5 1 Conceded C 0 4 16
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 90%
73% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 90%
55% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 90%
36% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 40%
27% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 30%
64% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 60%
18% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
27% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 30%
 
6 6.4 11 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 6.5
4.1 3.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 4.9
3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.3 10.2 1 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 8.9
4.4 4.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 4.7
33% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 47%
 
8.6 7.8 1 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.8 7.8
4 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.1
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (4) away 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 Breidablik 11 10 0 1 35 12 6 6 0 0 22 7 5 4 0 1 13 5 23 30
2 Stjarnan 10 5 4 1 20 13 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 3 1 1 14 9 7 19
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 10 6 1 3 22 16 6 4 0 2 16 12 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 19
4 Valur 10 6 1 3 19 14 6 5 0 1 14 8 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 19
5 KA 10 5 2 3 15 12 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 17
6 KR 11 4 4 3 16 16 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 16
7 Keflavik 10 3 2 5 16 19 5 2 2 1 10 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -3 11
8 Fram 10 2 4 4 19 26 4 1 2 1 8 10 6 1 2 3 11 16 -7 10
9 FH 10 2 3 5 15 18 5 2 2 1 12 9 5 0 1 4 3 9 -3 9
10 IA 10 1 5 4 11 21 5 1 1 3 5 11 5 0 4 1 6 10 -10 8
11 Leiknir Reykjavik 10 0 4 6 7 17 4 0 1 3 2 7 6 0 3 3 5 10 -10 4
12 IBV 10 0 4 6 9 20 5 0 2 3 2 9 5 0 2 3 7 11 -11 4

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.