Valur fights Leiknir Reykjavík in Pepsideild battle

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Origovöllurinn (2465 seats)

The Pepsideild season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Valur and Leiknir Reykjavík promises to be an interesting one.

Insights:
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (7) in Pepsideild

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

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Valur form and stats

As mentioned below, Valur are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Pepsideild games.

A good away victory last time out for Valur, who won 3-2 against KR (placed 7th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting HK in a game that was won 3-2.

There will be little rest for Valur after this match as they are travelling to Keflavík for a Pepsideild game in only three days.

At Origovöllurinn, Valur has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Pepsideild for Leiknir Reykjavík with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Reykjavík are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Pepsideild against Fylkir (placed 11th).

A 0-3 defeat away at KA before that.

A new game in only four days for Leiknir Reykjavík, the Pepsideild home match versus FH. Busy days.

0 goals so far away for Leiknir Reykjavík, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Valur victories, one draw and one Leiknir Reykjavík win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leiknir ReykjavíkS. Magnusson
S. Magnusson
3 goals
ValurP. Pedersen
P. Pedersen
2 goals
ValurS. Lárusson
S. Lárusson
2 goals

Valur missing players

Leiknir Reykjavík missing players

Valur Leiknir Reykjavík
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
9 5 0 Scored S 0 0 6
5 2 0 Conceded C 3 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 75%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.5 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.5 7.8
3.5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 4
64% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (7) in Pepsideild
Valur Last season Leiknir Reykjavík
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   10 20
14 5   Won W   8 13
2 2   Drew D   1 3
2 2   Lost L   1 4
50 15   Scored S   27 50
17 6   Conceded C   9 22
94% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
78% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
67% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 70%
50% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 45%
39% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   30% 35%
50% 22%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
44% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
11% 22%   Failed to Score F T   10% 15%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.7 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.8 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 9.9
6 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5
46% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   57% 50%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FH 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 10
2 KA 4 3 1 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 8 10
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 5 10
4 Valur 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 10
5 Leiknir Reykjavík 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5
6 Breidablik 4 1 1 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 6 -1 4
7 KR 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 -1 4
8 Keflavík 4 1 0 3 3 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 3
9 HK 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 2
10 Stjarnan 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 2
11 Fylkir 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
12 ÍA 4 0 2 2 2 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 2
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 Valur 18 14 2 2 50 17 9 5 2 2 15 6 9 9 0 0 35 11 33 44
2 FH 18 11 3 4 37 23 10 6 1 3 16 11 8 5 2 1 21 12 14 36
3 Breidablik 18 9 4 5 37 27 9 5 2 2 22 14 9 4 2 3 15 13 10 31
4 Stjarnan 17 8 7 2 27 20 8 3 4 1 12 11 9 5 3 1 15 9 7 31
5 KR 17 8 4 5 30 21 10 3 2 5 19 19 7 5 2 0 11 2 9 28
6 Fylkir 18 9 1 8 27 30 9 5 1 3 15 13 9 4 0 5 12 17 -3 28
7 KA 18 3 12 3 20 21 9 2 7 0 9 6 9 1 5 3 11 15 -1 21
8 ÍA 18 6 3 9 39 43 9 3 2 4 17 19 9 3 1 5 22 24 -4 21
9 HK 18 5 5 8 29 36 9 4 1 4 15 16 9 1 4 4 14 20 -7 20
10 Víkingur Reykjavík 18 3 8 7 25 30 8 2 3 3 17 18 10 1 5 4 8 12 -5 17
11 Grotta 18 1 5 12 15 43 8 0 3 5 9 21 10 1 2 7 6 22 -28 8
12 Fjölnir 18 0 6 12 15 40 9 0 2 7 7 24 9 0 4 5 8 16 -25 6
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 Keflavík 19 13 4 2 57 27 9 7 1 1 28 11 10 6 3 1 29 16 30 43
2 Leiknir Reykjavík 20 13 3 4 50 22 10 5 2 3 23 13 10 8 1 1 27 9 28 42
3 Fram 20 12 6 2 41 24 10 5 3 2 23 14 10 7 3 0 18 10 17 42
4 Grindavik 19 8 8 3 40 31 10 5 5 0 19 11 9 3 3 3 21 20 9 32
5 Thor 20 9 4 7 37 35 10 5 2 3 17 10 10 4 2 4 20 25 2 31
6 IBV 20 7 9 4 33 27 10 4 3 3 13 11 10 3 6 1 20 16 6 30
7 Vestri 20 8 5 7 29 28 10 5 2 3 20 16 10 3 3 4 9 12 1 29
8 Afturelding 20 7 4 9 37 33 10 4 2 4 23 14 10 3 2 5 14 19 4 25
9 Vikingur Olafsvik 20 5 4 11 26 44 10 3 2 5 15 19 10 2 2 6 11 25 -18 19
10 Throttur Reykjavik 20 3 3 14 15 39 10 1 2 7 8 22 10 2 1 7 7 17 -24 12
11 Magni 20 3 3 14 22 47 10 1 3 6 13 21 10 2 0 8 9 26 -25 12
12 Leiknir Faskrudsfj. 20 3 3 14 19 49 10 2 1 7 14 28 10 1 2 7 5 21 -30 12

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.