Grotta 1:3 ÍR Reykjavík: 1. Deild Match Result

Match report

Match Report

ÍR Reykjavík defeated Grótta 3-1 in the 20th round of Iceland's 1. Deild on Friday evening. The visitors came from behind to claim all three points away from home, while their hosts remain rooted in seventh place after twenty-one matches.

And here's the thing — Grótta led the opening exchanges before ÍR turned the tide. O. Einarsson gave the visitors the lead in the twenty-fifth minute, then G. M. Magnusson struck twice in quick succession around the forty-second and fifty-third minutes. Grótta pulled one back through E. Sveinbjarnarson in the eighty-fifth, but by then the contest was already decided.

To be fair, the statistics tell a different story from the result. Grótta dominated possession at sixty-one per cent and registered eighty-three attacks compared to ÍR's sixty-one, yet they managed only three shots on target against six for their opponents. The visitors converted their efficiency into goals while the hosts threw everything at it without finding the consistency to match.

Grótta's recent form has been inconsistent, with defeats to Njarðvík and a draw against Grindavík in their last two outings. ÍR, meanwhile, brought momentum from their 3-1 win over Njarðvík on Wednesday, though they had lost to Vестri shortly before that. The gap between them in the table remains tight — twenty-seven points against twenty-six — with both sides still searching for stability.

What this result means is that ÍR have narrowed the distance to the teams above them while Grótta's hopes of climbing further have stalled. Seven wins and ten defeats for the hosts leave them with little room for error in the remaining fixtures.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 61 – 39

Shots on target 3 – 6

Shots off target 7 – 8

Attacks 83 – 61

⚽ 25' O. Einarsson — Goal 🟨 28' O. Bjarkason — Yellow card ⚽ 42' G. M. Magnusson — Goal 🟨 42' H. Thorsteinson — Yellow card 🟨 49' B. Helgason — Yellow card 🟨 50' A. Jonasson — Yellow card ⚽ 53' G. M. Magnusson — Goal ⇄ 66' A. Jonasson — Substitution ⇄ 66' H. Magnusson — Substitution ⇄ 66' T. Ingolfsson — Substitution ⇄ 73' D. Bjarkason — Substitution ⇄ 73' C. McLagan — Substitution ⇄ 73' B. Helgason — Substitution ⇄ 73' H. Kristjansson — Substitution ⇄ 80' G. M. Magnusson — Substitution ⚽ 85' E. Sveinbjarnarson — Goal ⇄ 88' E. Sigurhjartarson — Substitution ⇄ 88' O. Bjarkason — Substitution

Match events

25' 0:1 ÍR Reykjavík Goal O. Einarsson
28' 0:1 ÍR Reykjavík Yellow card O. Bjarkason
42' 0:2 ÍR Reykjavík Goal G. M. Magnusson
42' 0:2 Grotta Yellow card H. Thorsteinson
49' 0:2 ÍR Reykjavík Yellow card B. Helgason
50' 0:2 Grotta Yellow card A. Jonasson
53' 0:3 ÍR Reykjavík Goal G. M. Magnusson
66' 0:3 Grotta Substitution A. Jonasson off: E. Sveinbjarnarson
66' 0:3 Grotta Substitution H. Magnusson off: P. Petursson
66' 0:3 Grotta Substitution T. Ingolfsson off: J. Bragason
73' 0:3 Grotta Substitution D. Bjarkason off: A. Sigurdarson
73' 0:3 Grotta Substitution C. McLagan off: V. Gudmundsson
73' 0:3 ÍR Reykjavík Substitution B. Helgason off: V. Ivarsson
73' 0:3 ÍR Reykjavík Substitution H. Kristjansson off: T. Shihab
80' 0:3 ÍR Reykjavík Substitution G. M. Magnusson off: T. H. Bergmann
85' 1:3 Grotta Goal E. Sveinbjarnarson
88' 1:3 ÍR Reykjavík Substitution E. Sigurhjartarson off: A. Solorzano
88' 1:3 ÍR Reykjavík Substitution O. Bjarkason off: H. Hallgrimsson

Statistics

61 Possession, % 39

3 Shots on target 6

7 Shots off target 8

83 Attacks 61

4 Corners 5

14 Free kicks 5

5 Offsides 2

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

13 Goal kicks 12

21 Throw-ins 29

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