Víkingur Reykjavík

Match report

Víkingur Reykjavik beat Valur Reykjavik 2:0 in the Úrvalsdeild regular season on Sunday evening. The hosts kept a clean sheet despite Valur pressing for a response after the break. The result moves Víkingur further clear at the top of the table.

J. Palsson picked up the first yellow card in the fourteenth minute, a sign of the tension early on. The deadlock broke in the forty-ninth when V. Ingimundarson found the net. To be fair, the goal came after a sustained spell of pressure from the home side.

Valur pushed for an equaliser but could not find a way through. H. Gudjonsson doubled the lead in the sixty-ninth minute, and by then the match was effectively decided. The visitors struggled to create clear chances against a compact defence.

Substitutions changed the shape of the game. H. Eyjolfsson came on in the sixty-second, followed by N. Hansen and H. Magnusson in the seventy-first and seventy-second. Valur threw bodies forward but could not break the pattern. H. Gunnarsson was replaced in the eighty-third as the hosts looked to see out the result.

The statistics tell the story. Víkingur held 54 per cent possession and registered 91 attacks to Valur's 73. They created five big chances against just one for the visitors. Shots on target came 6 to 3, and while their accuracy sat at 26 per cent, the delivery was enough.

Víkingur sit top with 55 points from 22 games, one defeat in the league so far. Valur drop to eighth with 24 points from 21 matches, and the gap now feels substantial. The hosts ended their recent run of mixed results with a performance that held up under pressure.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 54 – 46

Shots on target 6 – 3

Shots off target 8 – 3

Big chances 5 – 1

🟨 14' J. Palsson — Yellow card ⚽ 49' V. Ingimundarson — Goal ⇄ 62' H. Eyjolfsson — Substitution 🟨 63' H. Gunnarsson — Yellow card ⚽ 69' H. Gudjonsson — Goal ⇄ 71' N. Hansen — Substitution ⇄ 72' H. Magnusson — Substitution 🟨 75' J. Jonsson — Yellow card ⇄ 77' G. Sigurdsson — Substitution 🟨 79' K. Arnarsson — Yellow card ⇄ 83' H. Gunnarsson — Substitution 🟨 86' T. Haraldsson — Yellow card ⇄ 89' G. Vatnhamar — Substitution ⇄ 89' S. Thordarson — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' S. Veseli — Substitution

Match events

14' 0:0 Valur Reykjavík Yellow card J. Palsson
49' 1:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Goal V. Ingimundarson assist: H. Magnusson
62' 1:0 Valur Reykjavík Substitution H. Eyjolfsson off: E. Sigurbjornsson
63' 1:0 Valur Reykjavík Yellow card H. Gunnarsson
69' 2:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Goal H. Gudjonsson
71' 2:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Substitution N. Hansen off: A. Thrandarson
72' 2:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Substitution H. Magnusson off: A. Finnbogason
75' 2:0 Valur Reykjavík Yellow card J. Jonsson
77' 2:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Substitution G. Sigurdsson off: D. Hafsteinsson
79' 2:0 Valur Reykjavík Yellow card K. Arnarsson
83' 2:0 Valur Reykjavík Substitution H. Gunnarsson off: P. Pedersen
86' 2:0 Valur Reykjavík Yellow card T. Haraldsson
89' 2:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Substitution G. Vatnhamar off: R. Thorkelsson
89' 2:0 Víkingur Reykjavík Substitution S. Thordarson off: D. Jonsson
90+1' 2:0 Valur Reykjavík Substitution S. Veseli off: G. Heiddalur

Statistics

54 Possession, % 46

6 Shots on target 3

8 Shots off target 3

5 Big chances 1

91 Attacks 73

8 Corners 3

10 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 10

0 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 5

0 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 8

15 Throw-ins 26

All statistics

9/2143% Aerial duels 12/2157%

104 Backward passes 73

9 Blocked shots 5

39 Clearances 25

9/3327% Crosses 1/186%

6/1833% Dribbles 5/1338%

74 Failed passes 90

3 Goalkeeper saves 4

14 Interceptions 11

17 Key passes 10

14/3639% Long passes 26/4854%

163 Passes into the final third 90

337 Passes in the opposition half 236

200 Passes in own half 209

0.26 Shot accuracy 0.27

20 Shots inside the box 5

8/1362% Tackles 13/1968%

504 Total passes 427

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