Tor Akureyri beat Kópavogur 36:31 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the Olísdeildin. The match took place at the home venue on 10 September, and the result stands as the league's first point of call for the new season.
And here's the thing — we had called a home win before kickoff, with 54 per cent confidence. The scoreline doesn't hide that call. It was the right read, because the hosts have been grinding out results in friendlies and that shows in the way they closed out this one.
Both sides sit on zero points after one game, with a draw each in their records. The table goes out of the window in these games. There is nothing to separate them on paper, and the points will only tell a story once there are some to count.
Tor Akureyri came into this after a 34:38 loss to Fram on 5 September, but before that they had drawn 31:31 with KA and won 26:24 against Afturelding. Kópavogur's recent run is different — they lost 28:37 to KA on 3 September, but had beaten Keflavík's rivals in the March window. Different rhythms, same starting line.
By then the match was done. Tor Akureyri took the three points, and the league table will finally have something worth looking at next week.