Víkingur Reykjavík receive Keflavík as obvious favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Thu 04.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

Let's look at this entertaining fixture in the Pepsideild. Víkingur Reykjavík is in the 1st position after participating in four games. They welcome Keflavík who are placed 9th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Pepsideild

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

As mentioned below, Víkingur Reykjavík are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Pepsideild games.

The Víkingur Reykjavík goalkeeper Ingvar Jonsson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 411 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pepsideild.

Víkingur Reykjavík's last game was hosting KA (placed 4th) and winning 1-0.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against KR.

Reykjavík are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 0 and lost 0.

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

Early season league goal statistics from Víkingur Reykjavík's 3 home games: {6 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Keflavík form and stats

Keflavík are still undefeated on their travels in the Pepsideild. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Home advantage was not enough for Keflavík in their previous game as they lost hosting IBV, 1-3.

Before that, Keflavík travelled to KA and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The schedule is very tough for Keflavík now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pepsideild game at FH is waiting in only four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Keflavík has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches involving these opponents have all ended as Reykjavík wins. Are we destined for another one?

Top Goalscorers

Víkingur ReykjavíkB. Ingason
B. Ingason
2 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkO. Ekroth
O. Ekroth
2 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkL. Tómasson
L. Tómasson
1 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Keflavík missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík Keflavík
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 3 2 Played P 1 2 4
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
8 6 5 Scored S 0 2 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 50%
 
6 6.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 5.5
7 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4 7.2
1 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 13.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.5 9.8
6.8 6.3 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 4.2
30% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 18%
 
8 8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.5 14
2.8 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 7.2
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most clean sheets (4) in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the most points (9) at home in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Pepsideild
  • Víkingur Reykjavík have the the best goal difference (+8) in Pepsideild
Víkingur Reykjavík Last season Keflavík
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   13 27
13 7   Won W   6 11
9 5   Drew D   1 4
5 2   Lost L   6 12
66 41   Scored S   31 56
41 26   Conceded C   25 48
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
93% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 85%
89% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 78%
56% 79%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 52%
30% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 33%
67% 86%   BTTS BTTS   62% 59%
22% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 22%
15% 7%   Failed to Score F T   15% 22%
 
5.2 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.4
5.4 6.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.7
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
1 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
9.7 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.1
5.1 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5
48% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 41%
 
7.4 7.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 9.4
3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.7

  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 4 4 0 0 8 0 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 12
2 Valur 5 4 0 1 14 7 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 9 2 7 12
3 HK 5 3 1 1 11 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 9 8 2 10
4 KA 5 2 2 1 8 4 4 2 2 0 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 8
5 FH 5 2 1 2 10 10 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 6 10 0 7
6 Breidablik 4 2 0 2 11 10 2 1 0 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 6
7 IBV 5 2 0 3 7 10 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 3 5 9 -3 6
8 Fram 5 1 2 2 11 12 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 5 6 -1 5
9 Keflavík 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 4
10 KR 5 1 1 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 3 7 -5 4
11 Stjarnan 4 1 0 3 7 10 2 1 0 1 5 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 3
12 Fylkir 5 1 0 4 6 13 3 1 0 2 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 3
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 Breidablik 5 4 0 1 66 27 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 7 3 39 63
2 KA 5 3 1 1 54 30 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 24 53
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 5 1 2 2 66 41 3 1 2 0 7 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 25 48
4 KR 5 2 1 2 42 40 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 38
5 Stjarnan 5 2 0 3 44 52 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -8 37
6 Valur 5 1 0 4 46 44 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 35

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.