Pepsideild preview: Can Valur edge out victory against KA?

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Origovöllurinn (2465 seats)

It's only been four days since Valur met Vestri and the result was 1-2. Can they win against KA?

Insights:
  • Valur have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild

Valur have less rest than KA in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Iceland Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Vestri.

KA play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. The latest data for KA when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 16 matches. They have managed to score 27 goals and conceded 27 times on these occasions.

KA are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Valur form and stats

Valur are steadily winning Pepsideild games and points here at Origovöllurinn. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Valur to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Valur will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Iceland Cup game against Vestri.

Prior to that, an away loss at Breidablik in the Pepsideild.

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

Valur have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Origovöllurinn with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Valur are not conceding a lot of goals here at Origovöllurinn in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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KA form and stats

5-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for KA in their Pepsideild matches away.

The KA goalkeeper Steinthor Mar Audunsson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 215 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

KA won their last game, 2-0 versus Fylkir played at home.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus ÍA.

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

KA are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. It's not easy to score on KA as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the result KA - Valur 0-1 written in the official records. Last ten meetings with these participants: Valur won six, KA were winners in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

KAH. Steingrímsson
H. Steingrímsson
10 goals
KAÁ. Sigurgeirsson
Á. Sigurgeirsson
7 goals
ValurP. Pedersen
P. Pedersen
6 goals

Valur missing players

KA missing players

Valur KA
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
11 7 2 Won W 2 5 11
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 3
6 1 0 Lost L 0 2 6
30 17 5 Scored S 3 15 30
22 8 2 Conceded C 1 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
80% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 75%
55% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
15% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 15%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
60% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 40%
30% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 40%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 25%
 
7.3 8.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.6 5
5.2 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6 4.8
2.6 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.6 9.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.4 9.8
3.7 4.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 4.2
41% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 35% 36%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KA have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pepsideild
  • KA have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
  • KA have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Valur have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Valur have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) 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 20 14 2 4 52 20 10 9 0 1 29 3 10 5 2 3 23 17 32 44
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 20 12 6 2 34 20 10 7 3 0 20 8 10 5 3 2 14 12 14 42
3 KR 20 11 5 4 32 17 10 4 3 3 17 13 10 7 2 1 15 4 15 38
4 KA 20 11 3 6 30 17 10 6 0 4 15 8 10 5 3 2 15 9 13 36
5 Valur 20 11 3 6 30 22 10 7 2 1 17 8 10 4 1 5 13 14 8 36
6 FH 20 8 5 7 36 24 10 3 4 3 17 12 10 5 1 4 19 12 12 29
7 Stjarnan 20 6 4 10 24 33 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 3 5 9 17 -9 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavík 20 6 4 10 18 29 10 6 2 2 15 8 10 0 2 8 3 21 -11 22
9 Keflavík 20 5 3 12 20 35 10 4 1 5 11 16 10 1 2 7 9 19 -15 18
10 HK 20 4 5 11 20 36 10 2 3 5 9 16 10 2 2 6 11 20 -16 17
11 Fylkir 20 3 7 10 18 40 10 3 3 4 12 20 10 0 4 6 6 20 -22 16
12 ÍA 20 4 3 13 21 42 10 3 3 4 14 16 10 1 0 9 7 26 -21 15

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.