HK KópavogurD17 Aug · Away Afturelding · 2:2W22 Aug · Home Throttur Reykjavik · 3:0L29 Aug · Away Grindavik · 3:4W5 Sep · Home Fylkir · 2:1L9 Sep · Home Fylkir · 2:3D13 Sep · Away Fylkir · 2:2
2:1
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Leiknir R.W7 Aug · Home Fylkir · 3:0L13 Aug · Away HK Kópavogur · 1:2W17 Aug · Home Ægir Þorlákshöfn · 6:1L22 Aug · Away Vestri · 0:2W29 Aug · Home Njardvik · 2:0L5 Sep · Away ÍR Reykjavík · 2:3
In the 1. Deild game on 13 August 2026, HK Kópavogur beat Leiknir R. 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 3:2, corners 6:5.
Match report
Kópavogur saw off Leiknir Reykjavík 2:1 in regular season round 18 of the 1. deild on Thursday evening. The hosts held on after a late flurry of goals to take all three points from their home fixture.
And here's the thing — the opening goal arrived in the 50th minute when K. Karlsson found the net for the home side. Leiknir pushed back hard and D. Halldorsson equalised seven minutes later, but A. Gunnarsson's strike in the 81st minute proved decisive. To be fair, both sides went for it after that point.
The match was punctuated by constant tactical adjustments. There were substitutions every which way after the hour mark, with Kópavogur bringing on K. Karlsson and T. Thorvarsson together in the 70th minute. By then the managers were clearly looking to see out the game differently.
Statistically, the hosts edged possession at 53 per cent and registered 137 attacks against 134 from Leiknir. Shots were limited though — Kópavogur managed three on target with four off, while the visitors could only muster two shots on goal from five attempts. The result suggests chances went begging rather freely.
Discipline wasn't exactly pristine either. Kópavogur picked up five yellow cards to Leiknir's one, with A. Atlason collecting a pair in quick succession. Two more bookings came in stoppage time that didn't change the outcome.
The victory keeps Kópavogur fifth in the table on 36 points from 22 games, four ahead of Leiknir in seventh on 28 points. It's a narrow gap, and one that suggests neither side has much room for error as the season progresses.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %53–47
Shots on target3–2
Shots off target4–3
Attacks137–134
HT⇄26' A. Larusson — Substitution⇄27' A. Larusson — Substitution🟨39' A. Andrason — Yellow card⇄45' R. Gunnarsson — Substitution🟨45' T. Jonsson — Yellow card⚽50' K. Karlsson — Goal🟨57' D. Halldorsson — Yellow card⇄60' T. Jonsson — Substitution⇄61' T. Jonsson — Substitution🟨69' A. Atlason — Yellow card🟨70' A. Atlason — Yellow card⇄70' K. Karlsson — Substitution⇄70' T. Thorvarsson — Substitution⇄70' A. Andrason — Substitution⇄71' T. Thorvarsson — Substitution⇄71' A. Andrason — Substitution⇄71' K. Karlsson — Substitution⇄74' A. Hardarson — Substitution⇄75' A. Hardarson — Substitution⚽77' D. Halldorsson — Goal⚽81' A. Gunnarsson — Goal⇄85' K. S. Hlifarsson — Substitution⇄89' K. S. Hlifarsson — Substitution🟨90+1' Yellow card🟨90+4' Yellow card
0'45'90'
Match events
26'0:0HK Kópavogur⇄SubstitutionA. Larusson off: I. Jonsson
27'0:0HK Kópavogur⇄SubstitutionA. Larusson off: I. Jonsson
W7 Aug · Home Fylkir · 3:0L13 Aug · Away HK Kópavogur · 1:2W17 Aug · Home Ægir Þorlákshöfn · 6:1L22 Aug · Away Vestri · 0:2W29 Aug · Home Njardvik · 2:0L5 Sep · Away ÍR Reykjavík · 2:3
