Grindavik 0:0 Grotta: 1. Deild Match Result

Match report

Grindavik and Grota played out a 0:0 draw in the 19th round of Iceland's 1. Deild on 17 August 2026.

And here's the thing — the game barely had a moment that stuck. Both sides moved the ball, but the final third was a different story. Grindavik had seven shots on target, Grota two. By then you could see neither team wanted to take a risk.

A. Brynjarsson picked up a yellow card for Grindavik in the 36th minute, and H. Magnusson followed in the 44th. The bookings came early enough to suggest caution, but not enough to change how the match unfolded.

Substitutions started in the second half. Magnusson came off for Grota in the 62nd minute, and Grindavik brought on I. Sigurdsson and A. Jonasson inside the next 15 minutes. E. Einarsson and V. Gudmundsson were the pair introduced in the 87th — not for tactics, but because nothing else was left to do.

Grindavik held 52 per cent of possession and registered 97 attacks compared to Grota's 90. But possession without penetration is just passing in circles. They had four corners to two, and still no goal.

The result keeps both sides level on 27 points after 22 games. Grindavik sit 10th with six wins and nine draws, while Grota are ninth with eight victories and three draws. The gap between them remains a single place.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48

Shots on target 7 – 2

Shots off target 6 – 4

Attacks 97 – 90

🟨 36' A. Brynjarsson — Yellow card 🟨 44' H. Magnusson — Yellow card ⇄ 62' H. Magnusson — Substitution ⇄ 75' I. Sigurdsson — Substitution ⇄ 76' A. Jonasson — Substitution ⇄ 87' E. Einarsson — Substitution ⇄ 87' V. Gudmundsson — Substitution

Match events

36' 0:0 Grindavik Yellow card A. Brynjarsson
44' 0:0 Grotta Yellow card H. Magnusson
62' 0:0 Grotta Substitution H. Magnusson off: B. Andresson
75' 0:0 Grindavik Substitution I. Sigurdsson off: G. O. Gunnleifsson
76' 0:0 Grotta Substitution A. Jonasson off: A. Sigurdarson
87' 0:0 Grotta Substitution E. Einarsson off: J. Bragason
87' 0:0 Grotta Substitution V. Gudmundsson off: P. Petursson

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48

7 Shots on target 2

6 Shots off target 4

97 Attacks 90

4 Corners 2

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

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