National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fjölnir or Fylkir that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fjölnir and Fylkir.
7 - 4 - 13 with 32-44. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Fylkir when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Fylkir play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Fjölnir form and stats
Fjölnir was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Reykjavik Cup.Fjölnir's results here at Egilshöll in the Pepsideild have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 20 attempts. Fjölnir are slowly digging their own grave here at Egilshöll with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Throttur Reykjavik match.
Stress levels are on the rise for Fjölnir's attacking players as they have now played 181 minutes without scoring in a league game. K. Gudmundsson was their last goal scorer.
Fjölnir enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fram's place. The match ended 6-1. Prior to that, an away loss at KR in the Reykjavik Cup.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Fjölnir played a great game against Fram and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Fjölnir aren't scoring a lot here at Egilshöll in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Fjölnir have allowed the opposition to score 24 goals here at Egilshöll.
Fylkir form and stats
Last season their Reykjavik Cup adventure ended in the group a.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pepsideild travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Fylkir go into this game after a win, the home game against KR that ended 4-0. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Fram in the Reykjavik Cup.
As mentioned above, Fylkir was the only team on the pitch versus KR in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Fylkir delivered their win in the match against KR already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Fylkir have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Fylkir have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fjölnir won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Fylkir has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  I. Sigurdsson 7 goals |
Fjölnir missing players
Fylkir missing players
| Fjölnir | Fylkir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Conceded | C | 24 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 72% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valur | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | FH | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | KR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | KA | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | IA | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | HK | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Vikingur Reykjavik | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Grotta | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |
| 12 | Fjölnir | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -25 | 6 |