Valur and ÍBV are ready to let the world see their new people and tricks: It's their first match of the Pepsideild season.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting ÍBV have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Valur form and stats
The season before, Valur's league stats were 12 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 5th position in the Pepsideild. From these 22 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 26. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Valur delivered 7-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 12 conceded.
ÍBV form and stats
A job perfectly done for ÍBV last season as they secured promotion from Inkasso-Deildin. With a grand total of 15 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Valur wins - draws - ÍBV wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Valur missing players
ÍBV missing players
| Valur | ÍBV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valur | Last season | ÍBV | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 59% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 55% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 59% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 41% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | ÍA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | ÍBV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | KA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Keflavík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | KR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Stjarnan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Valur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 48 |
| 2 | Breidablik | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 47 |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | KA | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | FH | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Stjarnan | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 22 |
| 8 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 | -14 | 22 |
| 9 | ÍA | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -15 | 21 |
| 10 | Keflavík | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 11 | HK | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Fylkir | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -33 | 16 |
| 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 | Fram | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 58 |
| 2 | ÍBV | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Fjölnir | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Kordrengir | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Vestri | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 36 |
| 6 | Grotta | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Grindavik | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 26 |
| 8 | Selfoss | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Thor | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Afturelding | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 33 | -17 | 23 |
| 11 | Throttur Reykjavik | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 39 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -14 | 14 |
| 12 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 36 | -50 | 8 |