Football betting preview: Víkingur Reykjavík vs Valur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Wed 08.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Víkingsvöllur (1613 seats)

The Pepsideild season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Víkingur Reykjavík and Valur promises to be an interesting one.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Pepsideild match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at KR.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Valur's home stadium. The visitors last 24 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Víkingur Reykjavík's two home games in the Pepsideild so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Víkingsvöllur.

Reykjavík faced defeat in their previous match, away at KR (0-2). Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against FH.

There will be little rest for Reykjavík after this match as they are travelling to HK for a Pepsideild game in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Víkingur Reykjavík's 2 home games: 5 goals, 2 conceded.

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Valur form and stats

Valur are yet to lose a point on their Pepsideild travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pepsideild home defeat versus ÍA with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Valur won their away game at HK. The scoreline was 4-0.

After this away game Valur return home for a Pepsideild game against Stjarnan. That game is only four sleeps after this.

7 goals so far away for Valur, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Víkingur Reykjavík won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and Valur has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

ValurP. Pedersen
P. Pedersen
9 goals
ReykjavíkÁ. Hlynsson
Á. Hlynsson
5 goals

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Valur missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík Valur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 1 Won W 0 2 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
5 5 4 Scored S 0 7 8
4 2 1 Conceded C 0 0 5
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5 5.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5.8
5.2 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 3.8
2.5 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
38 21 14 Total Shots T S 0 27 54
14 10 8 Shots on Target S O 0 10 20
36% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 70% 40%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • Valur has the most clean sheets (2) away
  • Valur has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Valur has the the best goal difference (+7) away
Víkingur Reykjavík Last season Valur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
7 4   Won W   3 8
7 4   Drew D   3 5
8 3   Lost L   5 9
37 18   Scored S   18 38
35 16   Conceded C   20 34
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 73%
59% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 68%
50% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 45%
27% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 27%
73% 73%   BTTS BTTS   82% 68%
14% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 18%
23% 18%   Failed to Score F T   9% 14%
 
5.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.8
4.5 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.5
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
4 3   Red cards R C   0 1
 
255 159   Total Shots T S   86 209
104 61   Shots on Target S O   42 96
36% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%

  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 7 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
2 KR 4 3 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 9
3 Stjarnan 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
4 ÍA 4 2 0 2 9 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 3 6
5 Valur 4 2 0 2 8 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 6
6 Fylkir 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 6
7 FH 3 2 0 1 6 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 -1 6
8 Víkingur Reykjavík 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 5
9 HK 4 1 1 2 9 11 2 0 0 2 2 7 2 1 1 0 7 4 -2 4
10 KA 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
11 Fjölnir 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -7 1
12 Grótta 4 0 1 3 4 12 2 0 1 1 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 -8 1
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 KR 22 16 4 2 44 23 11 9 2 0 26 11 11 7 2 2 18 12 21 52
2 Breidablik 22 11 5 6 45 31 11 5 3 3 24 15 11 6 2 3 21 16 14 38
3 FH 22 11 4 7 40 36 11 8 1 2 26 17 11 3 3 5 14 19 4 37
4 Stjarnan 22 9 8 5 40 34 11 6 2 3 19 15 11 3 6 2 21 19 6 35
5 KA 22 9 4 9 34 34 11 6 3 2 19 12 11 3 1 7 15 22 0 31
6 Valur 22 8 5 9 38 34 11 5 2 4 20 14 11 3 3 5 18 20 4 29
7 Víkingur Reykjavík 22 7 7 8 37 35 11 4 4 3 18 16 11 3 3 5 19 19 2 28
8 Fylkir 22 8 4 10 38 44 11 6 2 3 24 22 11 2 2 7 14 22 -6 28
9 HK 22 7 6 9 29 29 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 2 6 12 16 0 27
10 ÍA 22 7 6 9 27 32 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 2 5 4 11 15 -5 27
11 Grindavík 22 3 11 8 17 28 11 3 6 2 10 11 11 0 5 6 7 17 -11 20
12 IBV 22 2 4 16 23 52 11 2 4 5 12 18 11 0 0 11 11 34 -29 10

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.