1st position in the Pepsideild table for Valur so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Víkingur Reykjavík visits Origovöllurinn.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Iceland Cup match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus HK, was also a home game here at Origovöllurinn. The away team is better rested.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Víkingur Reykjavík's home stadium. The visitors last 13 games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Valur form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pepsideild numbers at home for Valur, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in Pepsideild, so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Valur here at Origovöllurinn, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Valur's previous game was a Iceland Cup match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus HK (after extra-time) (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Valur had a Pepsideild home game versus HK which ended with a victory 1-0.
The victory against HK (after extra-time) came after S. Lárusson's winning goal. The Valur manager H. Gudjonsson was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 78th minute.
Valur are traveling soon after this match as the Pepsideild match at ÍA awaits in four days.
The Valur fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Valur have conceded only 5 goals.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
1-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Víkingur Reykjavík in their Pepsideild matches away. It's three draws from Reykjavík's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
There might be some fixture complaints from Víkingur Reykjavík as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Europa League match against Olimpija (after extra-time) (1-2). A 1-1 draw at Fjölnir's stadium before that.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pepsideild trip to FH.
The attacking power of Víkingur Reykjavík when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Víkingur Reykjavík - Valur 1-5. Valur-Víkingur Reykjavík H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valur seven wins, Víkingur Reykjavík zero wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 9 goals |
Valur missing players
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
| Valur | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 67% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 67% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 42% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 42% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 73% |
| 50% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 15 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 155 | 79 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 56 | 117 |
| 63 | 26 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 20 | 49 |
| 44% | 23% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 39% |
- Valur has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Pepsideild
- Valur has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pepsideild
- Valur has the the best goal difference (+16) in Pepsideild
- Valur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Valur is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | FH | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Fylkir | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | KR | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | FH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | ÍA | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | KA | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | HK | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Grotta | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -17 | 6 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -21 | 4 |