National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Víkingur Reykjavík or Leiknir Reykjavík that keep their silverware dream alive.
Víkingur Reykjavík have less rest than Leiknir Reykjavík in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Reykjavik Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus ÍR, was also a home game here at Víkingsvöllur. The away team is better rested.
15 - 5 - 11 with 48-47. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Leiknir Reykjavík when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Leiknir Reykjavík 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.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Last season their Reykjavik Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Víkingur Reykjavík have to build on here at Víkingsvöllur in the Pepsideild. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Reykjavik Cup for Víkingur Reykjavík. All in all it has been a very rough period for Reykjavík who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against IA, 190 days ago.
The Reykjavík supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host ÍR in Reykjavik Cup and win 6-2. In the game before, an away victory in the Reykjavik Cup match versus Throttur Reykjavik with a 6-1 scoreline.
As mentioned above, Reykjavík "killed" ÍR in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The Víkingur Reykjavík manager A. Gunnlaugsson has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. Reykjavík have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Leiknir Reykjavík form and stats
They also participated in Reykjavik Cup last season. This ended in the group b.Leiknir Reykjavík have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 10 Inkasso-Deildin games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the record so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Leiknir Reykjavík hope to make it five in this match. Leiknir Reykjavík have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Two travels in a row for Reykjavík, whose manager S. Höskuldsson could celebrate last time after the Reykjavik Cup win against ÍR. A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Throttur Reykjavik.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 27 goals in 10 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reykjavík two wins, five draws and Leiknir Reykjavík three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Leifsson 10 goals | S. Magnusson 8 goals |
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
Leiknir Reykjavík missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Leiknir Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 30 | 62 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 76% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 49% | ||
| 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 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Keflavik | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 30 | 43 |
| 2 | Leiknir Reykjavík | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Fram | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Grindavik | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Thor | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | IBV | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Vestri | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Afturelding | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Vikingur Olafsvik | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | Throttur Reykjavik | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Magni | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -25 | 12 |
| 12 | Leiknir Faskrudsfj. | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -30 | 12 |