Pepsideild: Valur - FH pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Wed 03.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Origovöllurinn (2465 seats)

Carrying a 10 point advantage in the league table, Valur supporters wish to see their adored players get max points from this fixture versus FH.

Insights:
  • Valur have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Pepsideild
  • FH have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Pepsideild

7 - 3 - 3 with 26-15. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FH when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FH play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Valur form and stats

Valur are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here at Origovöllurinn. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

Valur travelled for their previous game, a trip to KR that ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting IBV (2-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valur handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Take note: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Valur defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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FH form and stats

There's been little loot from FH's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Pepsideild. FH only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

FH aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 302 league minutes without a goal. Lennon was the last player to find the net.

FH delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Breidablik (placed 1st) in their previous match.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Vikingur Reykjavik.

FH are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting KA in just four days.

Goals are few and far between in FH's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as FH have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past result between these contenders is the FH - Valur 2-2 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings between these sides: Valur won three, FH triumphed in five and we saw two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ValurT. Haraldsson
T. Haraldsson
4 goals
ValurP. Pedersen
P. Pedersen
4 goals
ValurA. Smárason
A. Smárason
4 goals

Valur missing players

FH missing players

Valur FH
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 6 14
6 5 3 Won W 0 0 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 5
5 2 0 Lost L 2 5 7
25 14 8 Scored S 1 3 16
24 11 2 Conceded C 3 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 79%
79% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 57%
50% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
29% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
71% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
14% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
6.6 7.7 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6 6.7
5.3 4.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7 5.9
2.9 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.1 10.6 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.8 9
5.1 5.1 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 3.8
35% 39% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 21% 33%
 
10.3 9.7 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 9.2 8
4.9 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Valur's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FH have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FH have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • FH have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Pepsideild
  • FH have the fewest points (1) away in Pepsideild
  • FH have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Pepsideild
  • FH have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Pepsideild
  • FH have yet to win a game away.
  • FH haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Valur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valur have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FH have scored away.
  • Valur have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Pepsideild
  • Valur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 12 2 1 41 15 7 7 0 0 25 8 8 5 2 1 16 7 26 38
2 Vikingur Reykjavik 14 9 2 3 33 20 7 5 0 2 19 14 7 4 2 1 14 6 13 29
3 KA 14 8 3 3 28 17 7 4 2 1 12 10 7 4 1 2 16 7 11 27
4 Stjarnan 14 6 6 2 26 19 7 2 4 1 8 9 7 4 2 1 18 10 7 24
5 Valur 14 6 3 5 25 24 7 5 0 2 14 11 7 1 3 3 11 13 1 21
6 Keflavik 15 5 3 7 27 28 8 3 2 3 16 14 7 2 1 4 11 14 -1 18
7 KR 14 4 6 4 20 23 8 1 5 2 9 12 6 3 1 2 11 11 -3 18
8 Fram 14 4 5 5 26 30 5 2 2 1 9 10 9 2 3 4 17 20 -4 17
9 IBV 15 2 6 7 21 29 8 1 4 3 7 13 7 1 2 4 14 16 -8 12
10 FH 14 2 5 7 16 23 8 2 4 2 13 13 6 0 1 5 3 10 -7 11
11 Leiknir Reykjavik 14 2 4 8 12 26 7 1 1 5 4 16 7 1 3 3 8 10 -14 10
12 IA 15 1 5 9 14 35 7 1 1 5 5 18 8 0 4 4 9 17 -21 8

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.