Pepsideild: Víkingur Reykjavík believed to get the better of Keflavík

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Thu 28.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

Keflavík have come here for an intriguing battle versus the home side Víkingur Reykjavík. Get smart on the fixture with this full Pepsideild preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

Víkingur Reykjavík have only played one Pepsideild game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 11 matches.

Víkingur Reykjavík lost their last game at IA (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FH in a game that was won 2-1.

Víkingur 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 four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost zero.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pepsideild game versus Stjarnan in only four days. This game is also played here at Víkingsvöllur.

At Víkingsvöllur, Víkingur Reykjavík has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Keflavík form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Pepsideild ended in defeat. Last season Keflavík had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 2, drew 2 and lost 7.

Keflavík failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Valur (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Breidablik wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Keflavík played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, three were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

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

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Keflavík has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Víkingur Reykjavík wins - draws - Keflavík wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReykjavíkH. Guðjónsson
H. Guðjónsson
1 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkA. Sigurpálsson
A. Sigurpálsson
1 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Keflavík missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík Keflavík
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
10.5 11 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.5
8.5 12 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 9.5
4 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
25% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 11%
 
5.5 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 11
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 6
Víkingur Reykjavík Last season Keflavík
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
14 8   Won W   2 6
6 3   Drew D   2 3
2 0   Lost L   7 13
38 22   Scored S   10 23
21 8   Conceded C   19 38
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 73%
59% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 50%
23% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 32%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 23%
55% 45%   BTTS BTTS   45% 45%
41% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 27%
9% 0%   Failed to Score F T   45% 32%
 
6.5 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   8.4 8.5
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.1 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
41% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
6.2 4.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 12.7
2.5 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 4.4

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 KA 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
3 Valur 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 IA 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
5 Stjarnan 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 KR 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
7 FH 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
8 Víkingur Reykjavík 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
9 IBV 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
10 Keflavík 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
11 Leiknir Reykjavik 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
12 Fram 2 0 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 -5 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 Keflavík 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

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.