The league table in Pepsideild tells a story about these teams so far, with Stjarnan leading Fjölnir by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Stjarnan saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Pepsideild. This match was also played here at Samsung völlurinn. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Fjölnir have had more rest.
2-2-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Fjölnir when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 16-26 (scored/conceded).
Fjölnir are struggling to avoid relegation.
Stjarnan form and stats
2-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Stjarnan so far this season.
A strong away win before that one, visiting HK and winning 3-2.
A decent goal production from Stjarnan in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Fjölnir form and stats
There's been little loot from Fjölnir's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Pepsideild. Fjölnir, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pepsideild, only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. Fjölnir are desperate to end a 19-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Thor fixture.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Fjölnir, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus FH (placed 2nd). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against ÍA.
Fjölnir are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As for defending, Fjölnir rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fjölnir - Stjarnan 1-4 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Stjarnan victories, one draw and one Fjölnir win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Stjarnan missing players
Fjölnir missing players
| Stjarnan | Fjölnir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 26 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 56% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 192 | 105 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 70 | 151 |
| 74 | 42 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 25 | 56 |
| 35% | 26% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 27% |
- All of Stjarnan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fjölnir has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Pepsideild
- Fjölnir has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pepsideild
- Fjölnir has the fewest points (4) away in Pepsideild
- Fjölnir has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pepsideild
- Fjölnir has the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Pepsideild
- Fjölnir has the the worst goal difference (-24) in Pepsideild
- Fjölnir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fjölnir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fjölnir have yet to win a game.
- Fjölnir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stjarnan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Stjarnan have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Stjarnan 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | FH | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Fylkir | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | KR | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | ÍA | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | KA | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | HK | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Grótta | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -24 | 6 |