The league table in Pepsideild tells a story about these teams so far, with Valur leading HK by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Valur nor HK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Valur form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Valur, who have the most scored goals (27) in Pepsideild, have to build on here at Origovöllurinn in the Pepsideild. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Valur has won five games in a row. The Stjarnan match was the last time out without a victory. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Valur after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A strong away win for Valur against KR the last match, as P. Pedersen (2), V. Friðriksson, K. Sigurðsson and A. Bjarnason were on target. Previous to that game, a Iceland Cup home match hosting ÍA in a game that was won 3-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Valur, with a total of 9 goals in the match against KR. Fun stuff to watch!
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Valur home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Valur has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Valur have conceded 5 goals.
HK form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for HK, who have the most conceded goals (17) away in Pepsideild, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means HK are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
The supporters enjoyed HK's previous game versus Grótta (placed 11th), a Pepsideild 3-0 win played at home. A 0-4 defeat away at FH before that.
You'll want to know how HK managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in two away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
The HK manager B. Gunnarsson has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. HK are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result HK - Valur 0-4 entered in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's seven Valur victories, zero draws and two HK wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Valur missing players
HK missing players
| Valur | HK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 27 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 73% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 4.7 | 6.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 146 | 70 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 72 | 111 |
| 59 | 22 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 32 | 58 |
| 46% | 23% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 38% | 36% |
- All of HK's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- HK has the most conceded goals (17) away
- HK has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
- HK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- HK have scored at least twice as many goals away as Valur have scored home.
- HK have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- HK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valur has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Valur has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Valur has the most clean sheets (5)
- Valur has the most scored goals (27)
- Valur has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Valur has the the best goal difference (+15)
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Valur is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | FH | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Fylkir | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | KR | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | FH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | ÍA | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | HK | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | KA | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Grótta | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -18 | 4 |