Víkingur Reykjavík followers hope for points in home fixture against HK

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

Víkingur Reykjavík look forward to facing HK with hopes of landing all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have not yet lost a game at home.
  • HK have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Víkingur Reykjavík and HK should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This arena uses grass, unlike HK's home ground. The former 22 games by the guests on grass have generated 6 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses.

Víkingur Reykjavík are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. HK are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Víkingur Reykjavík have performed here at Víkingsvöllur this season with 6 wins from 9 Pepsideild matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

It's back home for Reykjavík, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FH away with the result 2-1. N. Hansen and E. Agnarsson found the net in that victory.

Ahead of that match, Víkingur Reykjavík won a home game hosting Valur (2-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Reykjavík as they are travelling to their away game against Fylkir in the Iceland Cup. That match is four days after this one.

The Reykjavík fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Reykjavík have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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HK form and stats

HK have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

The HK goalkeeper Arnar Freyr Olafsson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 245 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

HK go into this game after a win, the home game against Keflavik that ended 1-0.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Leiknir Reykjavík that ended 0-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as HK are hosting Keflavik in the Iceland Cup only four days away.

HK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). HK struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: HK - Reykjavík 0-0. Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Víkingur Reykjavík won five games, four matches ended in a draw and HK managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
14 goals
HKB. Ingason
B. Ingason
6 goals
HKS. Ljubicic
S. Ljubicic
6 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

HK missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík HK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
11 6 2 Won W 0 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
2 0 0 Lost L 1 5 10
31 17 4 Scored S 3 11 20
20 8 2 Conceded C 4 17 33
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 84%
79% 78% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 74%
58% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 58%
26% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 37%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 21%
58% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
37% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 37%
 
6.8 6.8 10 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.4 4.3
4.5 3.7 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 11.5 7.7 5.6
2.2 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 10.8 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7.7 9.4
4.1 4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 3.7
40% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 28%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • HK have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • HK have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 19 13 2 4 49 20 9 8 0 1 26 3 10 5 2 3 23 17 29 41
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 19 11 6 2 31 20 9 6 3 0 17 8 10 5 3 2 14 12 11 39
3 Valur 19 11 3 5 30 19 10 7 2 1 17 8 9 4 1 4 13 11 11 36
4 KR 19 10 5 4 30 17 10 4 3 3 17 13 9 6 2 1 13 4 13 35
5 KA 19 10 3 6 28 17 9 5 0 4 13 8 10 5 3 2 15 9 11 33
6 FH 19 7 5 7 32 24 10 3 4 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 15 12 8 26
7 Stjarnan 19 6 4 9 24 29 9 4 1 4 15 12 10 2 3 5 9 17 -5 22
8 Leiknir Reykjavík 19 6 4 9 17 26 10 6 2 2 15 8 9 0 2 7 2 18 -9 22
9 Keflavik 19 5 3 11 20 33 9 4 1 4 11 14 10 1 2 7 9 19 -13 18
10 HK 19 4 5 10 20 33 10 2 3 5 9 16 9 2 2 5 11 17 -13 17
11 Fylkir 19 3 7 9 18 38 10 3 3 4 12 20 9 0 4 5 6 18 -20 16
12 ÍA 19 3 3 13 18 41 9 2 3 4 11 15 10 1 0 9 7 26 -23 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.