This promises to be another engrossing battle at Víkingsvöllur in the Pepsideild. Víkingur Reykjavík is in 1st place and receive KR in 4th spot. Learn more about the game here!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
These are full days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Iceland Cup. This match was also played here at Víkingsvöllur. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, KR have had more rest.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Víkingur Reykjavík have only played one Pepsideild game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 3 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Víkingur Reykjavík, as their goalkeeper Ingvar Jonsson has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the Pepsideild.
Reykjavík's previous fixture was a Iceland Cup game also played at home, finishing 6-2 versus Magni. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Fylkir.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Víkingur Reykjavík's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 10 games, won 5 matches, drawn 5 and lost 0.
At Víkingsvöllur, Víkingur Reykjavík has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
KR form and stats
Four points from two away games for KR, meaning one draw and one victory in the Pepsideild so far.
The followers enjoyed KR's previous game versus Throttur Vogar, a Iceland Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Keflavik at their stadium, the result 2-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of KR when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 3 and winning 0 games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the KR manager Kristinsson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against FH.
KR have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Víkingur Reykjavík won five, KR were winners in one and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Ekroth 2 goals | B. Ingason 1 goals | N. Hansen 1 goals |
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
KR missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | KR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 16 | 16 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 31% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Last season | KR | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 66 | 41 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 41 | 26 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 89% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 70% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 79% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 41% | ||
| 30% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 22% | ||
| 67% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 26% | ||
| 15% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 30% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 48% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.7 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Valur | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | KA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | KR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | HK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Keflavik | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Breidablik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | IBV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Fram | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Stjarnan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 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 | 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 |
