Pepsideild preview and data: Víkingur Reykjavík - ÍA at Víkingsvöllur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

A home victory is predicted from this match if the league table is anything to judge by. The Víkingur Reykjavík supporters are confident that the difference between 2nd and ÍA's 10th position in the table will be visible on the grass.

Insights:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Pepsideild

These are active days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Malmö FF.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Víkingsvöllur as Víkingur Reykjavík have scored 16 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Pepsideild are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Reykjavík are confident in defense, having played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The followers are hoping that Víkingur Reykjavík will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Champions League fixture against Malmö FF.

A strong away win before that one, visiting KR and winning 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Víkingur Reykjavík home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 11 most recent league matches with this side has had three goals or more.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Malmö FF in only three days. This game is also played here at Víkingsvöllur.

Víkingur Reykjavík are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games).

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ÍA form and stats

ÍA have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 0-4-2 (6 played).

ÍA lost away at Leiknir Reykjavik (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

aweayteam Hara magic won. You'll want to know how ÍA managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 11 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 1 draw and 8 home wins.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as ÍA have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. ÍA has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

ÍA - Víkingur Reykjavík 3-0 was the outcome when these two teams formerly met, some time ago this season. Víkingur Reykjavík-ÍA H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Víkingur Reykjavík four wins, ÍA two wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ReykjavíkK. Ingason
K. Ingason
4 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
4 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkE. Agnarsson
E. Agnarsson
3 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

ÍA missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík ÍA
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 6 11
7 4 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 4 5
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
25 16 4 Scored S 2 6 11
16 12 1 Conceded C 6 11 22
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 82%
91% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 55%
36% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 36%
27% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 18%
55% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 45%
27% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 18%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 45%
 
6.1 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 3.7
4.8 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.7 6.6
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.9 9.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.8 9.5
4.8 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.6
47% 48% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 28%
 
7.5 5.8 2 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15 13.4
2.8 2.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.3 5.5
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • All of Víkingur Reykjavík's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have scored more than double the goals of ÍA.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Víkingur Reykjavík is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Pepsideild
  • ÍA have yet to win a 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 Breidablik 12 10 1 1 35 12 6 6 0 0 22 7 6 4 1 1 13 5 23 31
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 11 7 1 3 25 16 6 4 0 2 16 12 5 3 1 1 9 4 9 22
3 Stjarnan 11 5 5 1 21 14 5 2 3 0 6 4 6 3 2 1 15 10 7 20
4 Valur 11 6 2 3 20 15 6 5 0 1 14 8 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 20
5 KA 11 5 3 3 16 13 6 3 2 1 8 7 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 18
6 KR 12 4 4 4 16 19 6 1 3 2 5 8 6 3 1 2 11 11 -3 16
7 Keflavik 11 4 2 5 19 20 6 3 2 1 13 8 5 1 0 4 6 12 -1 14
8 FH 11 2 4 5 16 19 6 2 3 1 13 10 5 0 1 4 3 9 -3 10
9 Fram 11 2 4 5 20 29 4 1 2 1 8 10 7 1 2 4 12 19 -9 10
10 ÍA 11 1 5 5 11 22 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 0 4 2 6 11 -11 8
11 Leiknir Reykjavik 11 1 4 6 8 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 6 0 3 3 5 10 -9 7
12 ÍBV 11 0 5 6 9 20 6 0 3 3 2 9 5 0 2 3 7 11 -11 5

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.