Perhaps a welcome break from league football as KR & Víkingur Reykjavík face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Reykjavik Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
KR form and stats
This stadium, Egilshöll, has been a fortress for KR in the Pepsideild so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-2-0. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Reykjavik Cup for KR. The KR fans aren't used to losing here at Egilshöll and will expect new points from this game. KR has played 18 games in a row here without a defeat. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Happy days for KR in their previous game, a Reykjavik Cup match away at IR that ended with a 4-0 victory. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Throttur Reykjavik.
As mentioned above, KR "killed" IR in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier KR matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and two defeats (from five games).
The KR manager R. Kristinsson has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. KR's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Víkingur Reykjavík was sent out of Reykjavik Cup in the group a last season.3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Víkingur Reykjavík playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Reykjavik Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-0 against Fram in their previous game. It was a Reykjavik Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Valur wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
As mentioned above, Víkingur Reykjavík was the only team on the pitch versus Fram in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
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 Víkingur Reykjavík playing away, we found six games. Results were two away wins, two draws and two home wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Víkingur Reykjavík's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. Víkingur Reykjavík have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KR five wins, two draws and Víkingur Reykjavík three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pálmason 8 goals |  Ó. Hauksson 7 goals |  T. Thomsen 7 goals |
KR missing players
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
| KR | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 290 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 275 | ||
| 140 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 119 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | 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 | Grindavik | 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 |