Stjarnan vs KR: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Samsung völlurinn (1440 seats)

Pepsideild: Two contenders in reasonably good form get together for this game. KR have a slight upper hand with their 4th place in the table?

Insights:
  • Stjarnan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Pepsideild

Stjarnan and KR should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

9-4-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for KR 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 17 matches are 34-29 (scored/conceded).

Stjarnan can neither be promoted or relegated from Pepsideild. KR is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Stjarnan form and stats

4-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Stjarnan so far this season.

Stjarnan haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 186 minutes ago. B. Bryde scored that one.

Stjarnan lost their last game at HK (placed 10th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against FH with the scoreline 0-4.

A decent goal production from Stjarnan in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Stjarnan have conceded 16 from these games.

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KR form and stats

KR have an excellent away record in the Pepsideild so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. Having won their last three away games KR has no reason to fear anyone.

Home advantage was not enough for KR in their previous game, as they lost their Pepsideild-match, hosting Vikingur Reykjavik, 1-2.

Prior to that result KR won their away game at Keflavik. The scoreline was 2-0.

KR has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. KR's manager R. Kristinsson has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played earlier this season: KR - Stjarnan 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Stjarnan victories, two draws and two KR wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KRK. Finnbogason
K. Finnbogason
7 goals
StjarnanH. Halldórsson
H. Halldórsson
6 goals
KRP. Pálmason
P. Pálmason
4 goals

Stjarnan missing players

KR missing players

Stjarnan KR
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
6 4 0 Won W 2 7 11
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
11 5 3 Lost L 1 1 5
24 15 3 Scored S 4 15 33
34 16 7 Conceded C 1 4 19
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 86%
57% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 38%
33% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 19%
14% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 57%
19% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 38%
38% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 5%
 
6 6.7 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.6 6.7
5.7 4.9 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.9 5.1
2 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.7 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9 10.9
3.4 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.6 4.5
33% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 35%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KR have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • KR have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most clean sheets (6) away in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most points (23) away in Pepsideild
  • KR have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Pepsideild
  • KR have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Pepsideild
  • KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stjarnan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Vikingur Reykjavik 21 13 6 2 36 21 10 7 3 0 20 8 11 6 3 2 16 13 15 45
2 Breidablik 21 14 2 5 52 21 10 9 0 1 29 3 11 5 2 4 23 18 31 44
3 KA 21 12 3 6 34 18 10 6 0 4 15 8 11 6 3 2 19 10 16 39
4 KR 21 11 5 5 33 19 11 4 3 4 18 15 10 7 2 1 15 4 14 38
5 Valur 21 11 3 7 31 26 11 7 2 2 18 12 10 4 1 5 13 14 5 36
6 FH 21 9 5 7 37 24 11 4 4 3 18 12 10 5 1 4 19 12 13 32
7 Stjarnan 21 6 4 11 24 34 10 4 1 5 15 16 11 2 3 6 9 18 -10 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavik 21 6 4 11 18 30 11 6 2 3 15 9 10 0 2 8 3 21 -12 22
9 Keflavik 21 6 3 12 21 35 10 4 1 5 11 16 11 2 2 7 10 19 -14 21
10 HK 21 5 5 11 21 36 11 3 3 5 10 16 10 2 2 6 11 20 -15 20
11 IA 21 5 3 13 26 42 11 4 3 4 19 16 10 1 0 9 7 26 -16 18
12 Fylkir 21 3 7 11 18 45 10 3 3 4 12 20 11 0 4 7 6 25 -27 16

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.