Pepsideild match preview: Víkingur Reykjavík versus ÍA

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 05.July
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

Víkingur Reykjavík are chasing the top positions while ÍA are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have not yet lost a game at home.
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals (22) in Pepsideild

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!

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Víkingur Reykjavík have to build on here at Víkingsvöllur in the Pepsideild.

Reykjavík faced defeat in their previous match, away at Leiknir Reykjavik (1-2).

Ahead of that match, Reykjavík won a home game hosting Sindri (3-0).

A decent goal production from Víkingur Reykjavík in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Víkingur Reykjavík have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ÍA form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (22) in Pepsideild, on their Pepsideild travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. ÍA seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in ÍA's previous match, a Pepsideild home game that ended 2-2 vs Keflavik (placed 10th). It looked so good for ÍA vs Keflavik, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Before that, ÍA secured a home win against Fram with the score 3-0.

ÍA have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. ÍA are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result ÍA - Reykjavík 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Víkingur Reykjavík, five draws and two wins for ÍA. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
9 goals
ÍAG. Unnarsson
G. Unnarsson
3 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkH. Guðjónsson
H. Guðjónsson
2 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

ÍA missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík ÍA
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 1
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
16 9 1 Scored S 0 6 11
9 3 0 Conceded C 2 14 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 60%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 80% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
60% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 70%
40% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 30%
 
6.9 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 5.6
4.7 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 7.1
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.1 8.2 3 Shots (avg) S ( 1 6.2 5.4
4.3 3.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 2.6
37% 47% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 43%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of ÍA's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 matches so far.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ÍA have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • ÍA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • ÍA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • ÍA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals (14) away in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals (22) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • ÍA haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 11 7 3 1 19 11 6 4 2 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 8 6 8 24
2 Breidablik 10 6 1 3 24 15 5 4 0 1 14 2 5 2 1 2 10 13 9 19
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 10 5 4 1 16 9 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 2 2 1 7 6 7 19
4 KA 9 5 2 2 14 5 3 1 0 2 3 2 6 4 2 0 11 3 9 17
5 KR 10 4 3 3 16 12 5 1 1 3 8 10 5 3 2 0 8 2 4 15
6 Stjarnan 11 3 4 4 10 15 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 9 -5 13
7 FH 10 3 3 4 14 15 5 1 3 1 8 6 5 2 0 3 6 9 -1 12
8 Fylkir 10 2 5 3 14 17 5 2 2 1 9 7 5 0 3 2 5 10 -3 11
9 Leiknir Reykjavik 10 3 2 5 11 14 5 3 1 1 10 7 5 0 1 4 1 7 -3 11
10 Keflavik 9 3 1 5 11 17 5 3 0 2 7 6 4 0 1 3 4 11 -6 10
11 HK 10 1 3 6 12 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 0 1 3 4 8 -8 6
12 ÍA 10 1 3 6 11 22 5 0 3 2 5 8 5 1 0 4 6 14 -11 6

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.