The home team ticketholders plan for a win in this fixture, and the home advantage might do the trick versus a struggling visitor. Valur are in 5th position while the guesting Leiknir Reykjavík worry at 11th.
- Valur have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Pepsideild
- Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Pepsideild
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Valur form and stats
The story so far in the Pepsideild for Valur at their home stadium (Origovöllurinn) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A nice win for Valur last time playing, versus Breidablik. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Pedersen, Jóhannsson and Kjartansson scoring for the victors. Manager Gudjonsson felt very clever after Pedersen scored the winning goal against Breidablik, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 81st minute.
Prior to that, an away loss at Fram.Valur are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 2.
Valur can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. 7 goals have been conceded.
Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats
0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Leiknir Reykjavík playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FH (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. As mentioned above, Leiknir Reykjavík drew the match against FH. Manager Höskuldsson brought on Makuszewski to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Breidablik.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Reykjavík played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Leiknir Reykjavík struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Valur five wins, one draw and Leiknir Reykjavík two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 3 goals |  A. Smárason 3 goals |  G. Tryggvason 2 goals |
Valur missing players
Leiknir Reykjavík missing players
| Valur | Leiknir Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 56% |
| 56% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 11.8 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 33% | 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 36% | 27% |
| 9.9 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 11.8 | 10 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- All of Valur's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Leiknir Reykjavík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Leiknir Reykjavík have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Leiknir Reykjavík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Pepsideild
- Leiknir Reykjavík have yet to win a game.
- Leiknir Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Valur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Valur have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Valur have scored more than double the goals of Leiknir Reykjavík.
- Valur have the most matches over the total-line (4) 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Stjarnan | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | KA | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Valur | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | KR | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Keflavik | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Fram | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 9 |
| 9 | FH | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | ÍA | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 11 | Leiknir Reykjavík | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | IBV | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 3 |
