The Pepsideild overall standings tell the truth about these sides up until now, with Valur in front of Fylkir by 17 points. Get your full match preview:
- Valur have the most scored goals (35) in Pepsideild
- Fylkir have the most conceded goals (33) in Pepsideild
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Valur form and stats
Valur have collected 11 points from their Pepsideild home games so far after 3-2-1. Two draws in a row at home now for Valur.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Frederik August Albrecht Schram not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
It's back home for Valur, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating IBV away with the result 3-0. Pálsson, Sigurdsson and Jóhannsson found the net in that victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting HK and winning 5-0.Valur are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 2 and lost 0.
A decent goal production from Valur in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches.
Fylkir form and stats
There's been little loot from Fylkir's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Pepsideild. Fylkir only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
There might be some fixture complaints from Fylkir as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-5 against Breidablik. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Breidablik was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 1-3 loss hosting Vikingur Reykjavik before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Fylkir played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The attacking power of Fylkir when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Fylkir have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Valur have pulled off a streak of 15 consecutive games without losing (10-5-0) when facing Fylkir.Fylkir - Valur 1-6 was the product when these two sides last played each other, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Haraldsson 8 goals | A. Pálsson 7 goals |  A. Jóhannsson 6 goals |
Valur missing players
Fylkir missing players
| Valur | Fylkir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 35 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 79% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 29% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 5.5 | 7.7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 9.4 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 54% | 44% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 18% | 34% |
| 8.5 | 8.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
- Fylkir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Fylkir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fylkir have the most conceded goals (33) in Pepsideild
- Fylkir have yet to win a game away.
- Fylkir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fylkir have scored away.
- Valur have the most scored goals (35) in Pepsideild
- Valur have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Pepsideild
- Valur have won significantly more corners at 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Valur | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | FH | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | KR | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 6 | KA | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 7 | HK | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 16 |
| 8 | Stjarnan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Fram | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | IBV | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
