Víkingur Reykjavík vs FH: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

League round two of the Pepsideild campaign and the squads have done their adjustments after the first match. Here's our Víkingur Reykjavík - FH pre-match guide:

It's no vacation for neither Víkingur Reykjavík nor FH as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Last season, Víkingur Reykjavík's league statistics were 14 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, producing 1st place in the Pepsideild. Over these 22 matches they scored 38 goals and let in 21. Playing as the host team in the previous season Víkingur Reykjavík delivered 8-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 8 conceded. The hosts won their first Pepsideild game here at Víkingsvöllur, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Víkingur Reykjavík last season were 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses from 11 games.

The Víkingur Reykjavík supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host FH and win 2-1.

Erik lost again The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Víkingur Reykjavík have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost two.

Early season league goal statistics from Víkingur Reykjavík's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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FH form and stats

Let's have a look at how FH performed last season in the Pepsideild: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 21/14 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Pepsideild ended in defeat. Last season FH had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 5, drew 2 and lost 4.

FH play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Víkingur Reykjavík (placed 1st).

hometeam won FH are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FH has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Reykjavík - FH 2-1. Last ten meetings between these squads: Víkingur Reykjavík won six, FH triumphed in three and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

FH missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Víkingur Reykjavík FH
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
11 11 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 12 12
12 12 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11 11
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7
6 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
 
7 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 6
Víkingur Reykjavík Last season FH
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
14 8   Won W   5 9
6 3   Drew D   2 6
2 0   Lost L   4 7
38 22   Scored S   21 39
21 8   Conceded C   14 26
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 86%
59% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 50%
23% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 18%
55% 45%   BTTS BTTS   36% 45%
41% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 36%
9% 0%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
6.5 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.1
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.9
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.1 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 9.8
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.2
41% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 39%
 
6.2 4.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.1 6.6
2.5 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Víkingur Reykjavík 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Breidablik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 IBV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Keflavik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leiknir Reykjavik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stjarnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Valur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FH 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
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 Víkingur Reykjavík 22 14 6 2 38 21 11 8 3 0 22 8 11 6 3 2 16 13 17 48
2 Breidablik 22 15 2 5 55 21 11 10 0 1 32 3 11 5 2 4 23 18 34 47
3 KR 22 12 5 5 35 19 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 8 2 1 17 4 16 41
4 KA 22 12 4 6 36 20 11 6 1 4 17 10 11 6 3 2 19 10 16 40
5 Valur 22 12 3 7 37 26 11 7 2 2 18 12 11 5 1 5 19 14 11 39
6 FH 22 9 6 7 39 26 11 4 4 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 21 14 13 33
7 Stjarnan 22 6 4 12 24 36 11 4 1 6 15 18 11 2 3 6 9 18 -12 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavik 22 6 4 12 18 32 11 6 2 3 15 9 11 0 2 9 3 23 -14 22
9 IA 22 6 3 13 29 44 11 4 3 4 19 16 11 2 0 9 10 28 -15 21
10 Keflavik 22 6 3 13 23 38 11 4 1 6 13 19 11 2 2 7 10 19 -15 21
11 HK 22 5 5 12 21 39 11 3 3 5 10 16 11 2 2 7 11 23 -18 20
12 Fylkir 22 3 7 12 18 51 11 3 3 5 12 26 11 0 4 7 6 25 -33 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Víkingur Reykjavík 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Breidablik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 IBV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Keflavik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leiknir Reykjavik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stjarnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Valur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FH 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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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.