Preview: Víkingur Reykjavík odds-on to overcome Stjarnan at Víkingsvöllur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 02.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1449 seats)

Yet another action-packed match in the Pepsideild. Víkingur Reykjavík is in the 4th position after featuring in three fixtures. They greet Stjarnan who are placed 5th after two games.

6 - 3 - 9 with 22-30. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Stjarnan when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Stjarnan play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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

As mentioned below, Víkingur Reykjavík are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Pepsideild games.

The Víkingur Reykjavík crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Stjarnan here at Víkingsvöllur.

Before that, Víkingur Reykjavík had a home game versus Keflavík which ended with a victory 4-1.

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 Reykjavík's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won two matches, drawn five and lost zero.

At Víkingsvöllur, Víkingur Reykjavík has the goal stats of 6-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Stjarnan form and stats

Only one away game in the Pepsideild so far for Stjarnan and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 6 losses from 11 travels. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Stjarnan, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Stjarnan, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Víkingur Reykjavík (placed 4th) last time out.

Prior to that result Stjarnan won their away game at Leiknir Reykjavik. The scoreline was 3-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Stjarnan playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, three draws and two home wins.

It's early days yet, but Stjarnan has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Víkingur Reykjavík victories, three draws and four Stjarnan wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StjarnanJ. Gunnarsson
J. Gunnarsson
2 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkK. Ingason
K. Ingason
1 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkJ. Magnússon
J. Magnússon
1 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Stjarnan missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík Stjarnan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 3 1 Played P 0 2 3
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 8 2 Scored S 0 6 8
8 5 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 67%
50% 67% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.2 6.3 11 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.7
5.5 5.7 12 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.3
0.8 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 10.3
5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.7
40% 44% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 57%
 
4.5 4.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.5 9.7
2.5 2.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 4
Víkingur Reykjavík Last season Stjarnan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
14 8   Won W   2 6
6 3   Drew D   3 4
2 0   Lost L   6 12
38 22   Scored S   9 24
21 8   Conceded C   18 36
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
59% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 55%
23% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 32%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
55% 45%   BTTS BTTS   55% 50%
41% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 18%
9% 0%   Failed to Score F T   45% 41%
 
6.5 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.8
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.8
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10.1 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 7.3
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.3
41% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%
 
6.2 4.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.2
2.5 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.2

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

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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.