Only a few games have been played in the Pepsideild so far, with Valur placed 1st and ÍA sitting in the 6th position.
Valur and ÍA 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.
Valur form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Pepsideild game of the season here at Vodafonevöllurinn. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from Valur's 11 home games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hannes Thor Halldorsson not having conceded a league goal in 230 minutes.
Happy days for Valur in their previous game, a Pepsideild match away at HK (placed 7th) that ended with a 4-0 victory.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Valur played a great game against HK and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. P. Pedersen was absolutely essential when Valur beat HK 4-0, scoring three goals.
Early season league goal statistics from Valur's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
ÍA form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Pepsideild ended in defeat. Last season ÍA had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 2, drew 5 and lost 4.
Home advantage was not enough for ÍA in their previous game, as they lost their Pepsideild-match, hosting KR, 1-2. Prior to that result ÍA won their away game at Kordrengir (after extra-time) in the Iceland Cup. The scoreline was 3-2.
It's early days yet, but ÍA has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Valur won seven, ÍA won three and zero draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 9 goals |  Ó. Finsen 5 goals | A. Adolphsson 4 goals |
Valur missing players
ÍA missing players
| Valur | ÍA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 1.7 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 5 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 70% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
- Valur has the most scored goals (7)
- Valur has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
- Valur has the the best goal difference (+6)
- ÍA has the most conceded goals in the second half (4)
- ÍA has the most matches over the total-line (3)
| Valur | Last season | ÍA | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 73% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 86% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 45% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 68% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 18% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 209 | 123 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 218 | ||
| 96 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 87 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | KR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | ÍA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | HK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | KA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Fjölnir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Grotta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KR | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | FH | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | KA | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | HK | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | ÍA | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Grindavik | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | ÍBV | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -29 | 10 |