This Icelandic First Division match features teams with opposing goals: Fylkir is fighting for promotion, while IR Reykjavik is trying to climb out of the bottom half of the table. The visitors enter the game as clear favorites, holding an eight-point lead and demonstrating a much more confident attack. However, away games for Fylkir often produce high-scoring results, both for them and their opponents.
89% of previous head-to-head matches have seen over 2.5 goals scored, and in 78% of those matches, both teams have scored. IR Reykjavik scores an average of 1.71 goals at home and concedes 1.57, and both teams have scored in 71% of their home matches. Fylkir, on the other hand, is a high-scoring away team, scoring 2.43 goals per game.
The teams' head-to-head record and current performance support this prediction. IR Reykjavik rarely leaves the field without a goal (scoring in 71% of their home games), but their defense is far from perfect, allowing their opponents to score in 100% of their home matches. Fylkir, meanwhile, scores in 86% of their away games.
