National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Víkingur Reykjavík or Valur that keep their silverware dream alive.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Valur's home stadium. The visitors last 27 games on grass have ended in 11 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Víkingur Reykjavík was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Reykjavik Cup.Víkingur Reykjavík have played 8 Pepsideild games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). 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 eleven attempts.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Reykjavík, who played 2-2 against KA. That match was also played at this venue (Víkingsvöllur). Ahead of that match, Reykjavík lost 0-2 at home to KR.
There will be little rest for Reykjavík after this match as they are travelling to Thróttur Reykjavík for a Reykjavik Cup game in only three days.
Reykjavík can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 17 times. 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.
Valur form and stats
They also participated in Reykjavik Cup last season. This ended in the final.The away performances of Valur have been very solid so far with 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats in the Pepsideild. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. In general it has been a productive period now for Valur as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the IBV game have they lost an away game, meaning Valur has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
The supporters enjoyed Valur's previous game versus Grotta, a Pepsideild 6-0 win played at home. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Breidablik in the Pepsideild.
As you can tell from the results above, Valur was very dominant against Grotta, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with S. Lárusson, P. Pedersen, L. Petry, E. Sigurbjörnsson and A. Bjarnason (2) providing the goals.
Valur are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (35 goals from 9 away games). As opposed to that, Valur have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. 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-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Reykjavík wins - draws - Valur wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pedersen 9 goals |
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
Valur missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Valur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 42 | 28 | Scored | S | 41 | 71 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 55% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 55% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 47% | ||
| 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 |