Valur are expected winners of this home match against KR, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or could we be in for a surprise?
- Valur have the most scored goals (19) in Pepsideild
- KR have the fewest scored goals (3) in Pepsideild
4-2-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for KR when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eleven matches are 12-17 (scored/conceded).
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Valur form and stats
When playing at home in the Pepsideild, Valur have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Valur's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus KR (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Valur "killed" KR in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that match, a win away at Fylkir.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valur handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Valur can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 10 times. 5 goals have been conceded.
KR form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Pepsideild, are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pepsideild.
The attacking players of KR have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 370 minutes.
KR lost away at Valur (0-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. KR lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against HK.We have checked recent matches where KR have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Something to take note of for sports gamblers looking to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The KR manager Kristinsson has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the final score Valur - KR 5-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Valur won seven games, two matches ended with a tie and KR got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two. One of the stars has been Pedersen with 8 goals scored against KR in these 10 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Haraldsson 4 goals |  A. Bjarnason 3 goals | A. Pálsson 3 goals |
Valur missing players
KR missing players
| Valur | KR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 13 | 13.2 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 61% | 62% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 6.5 | 9.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
- All of KR's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Valur's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- KR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- KR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- KR have the fewest scored goals (3) in Pepsideild
- KR have the most conceded goals (12) away in Pepsideild
- KR have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Pepsideild
- KR have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Pepsideild
- KR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valur have scored more than double the goals of KR.
- Valur have the most points from losing position (6) in Pepsideild
- Valur have the most scored goals (19) in Pepsideild
- Valur have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Pepsideild
- Valur have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Pepsideild
- Valur have the the best goal difference (+12) 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 | Valur | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | KA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | HK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Breidablik | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | FH | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | IBV | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Fram | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Keflavik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | KR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Stjarnan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 12 | Fylkir | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
