Open game expected at Leiknisvöllur: Leiknir Reykjavík vs Keflavík preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Leiknisvöllur (1300 seats)

Bring on Leiknir Reykjavík - Keflavík! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this match should be great fun!

Insights:
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Pepsideild
  • Keflavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Iceland Cup. That game, against HK, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Keflavík.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Keflavík have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-2-9 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.

Reykjavík can neither be promoted or relegated from Pepsideild. Keflavík are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats

Leiknir Reykjavík are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here at Leiknisvöllur. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

In their previous game, the manager S. Höskuldsson led his Leiknir Reykjavík to a defeat in the Pepsideild match away at ÍA. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Leiknisvöllur.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at KR.

The Reykjavík fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Reykjavík are not conceding a lot of goals here at Leiknisvöllur in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Keflavík form and stats

There's been little loot from Keflavík's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Pepsideild. Keflavík only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

The attacking players of Keflavík have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 399 minutes.

Two travels in a row for Keflavík, whose manager S. Eyjolfsson could celebrate last time after the Iceland Cup win against HK. An insane match with plenty of goals last time out for Keflavík, as mentioned above. 8 goals in total, will this match be as refreshing? It's hard not to mention J. Gibbs's lethal finishing against HK. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus KR.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Keflavík playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Keflavík wins, one draw and one defeat.

The attacking power of Keflavík when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Keflavík have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Keflavík - Reykjavík 1-0 was the story when these squads last played each other, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reykjavík five wins, three draws and Keflavík two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KeflavíkJ. Gibbs
J. Gibbs
9 goals
KeflavíkF. Elvarsson
F. Elvarsson
3 goals
ReykjavíkD. Matthíasson
D. Matthíasson
2 goals

Leiknir Reykjavík missing players

Keflavík missing players

Leiknir Reykjavík Keflavík
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
6 6 2 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
10 2 0 Lost L 1 7 12
18 15 5 Scored S 4 9 20
29 8 0 Conceded C 4 19 35
85% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
65% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 75%
50% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 50%
20% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 20%
30% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 45%
35% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 25%
50% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 35%
 
4.5 4.9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5
6.8 6.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 9.7 8.1 7.9
1.8 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7 6.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 9.2
3.2 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.6
28% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 28%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Keflavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Keflavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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 20 14 2 4 52 20 10 9 0 1 29 3 10 5 2 3 23 17 32 44
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 20 12 6 2 34 20 10 7 3 0 20 8 10 5 3 2 14 12 14 42
3 KR 20 11 5 4 32 17 10 4 3 3 17 13 10 7 2 1 15 4 15 38
4 KA 20 11 3 6 30 17 10 6 0 4 15 8 10 5 3 2 15 9 13 36
5 Valur 20 11 3 6 30 22 10 7 2 1 17 8 10 4 1 5 13 14 8 36
6 FH 20 8 5 7 36 24 10 3 4 3 17 12 10 5 1 4 19 12 12 29
7 Stjarnan 20 6 4 10 24 33 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 3 5 9 17 -9 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavík 20 6 4 10 18 29 10 6 2 2 15 8 10 0 2 8 3 21 -11 22
9 Keflavík 20 5 3 12 20 35 10 4 1 5 11 16 10 1 2 7 9 19 -15 18
10 HK 20 4 5 11 20 36 10 2 3 5 9 16 10 2 2 6 11 20 -16 17
11 Fylkir 20 3 7 10 18 40 10 3 3 4 12 20 10 0 4 6 6 20 -22 16
12 ÍA 20 4 3 13 21 42 10 3 3 4 14 16 10 1 0 9 7 26 -21 15

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.