Valur hosts KA Akureyri in round 12 of Icelandic Pepsideild. The match will be played on Thursday, July 4th at Hlídarendi (Reykjavík)
Valur approved itself well in the two last home matches. The team hammered an outsider, such as Vestmannaeyjar (5-1), and beat Grindavik with a 1-0 score. Now Valur is located in the middle of the standings with 13 points. The lag behind the top 2 is considerable (9 points), but there are enough games ahead, and the team needs to make up lost ground. But the weak side of the defense is to avoid violations in dangerous areas: as a result, 17 goals are conceded in 11 games.
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KA Akureyri plays badly away because it lost 4 out of 5 recent away matches, but even in lost matches, except for one, the team scored at least one goal. Now KA Akureyri is in 8th place, and the relegation zone is 4 points behind. Of course, there will be motivation, but it is unlikely that Akureyri will manage to gain a victory - it is inferior to the opponent in the game quality.
First, Valur surpasses the opponent in class; secondly, it approaches this match in better physical shape. But defense is not the strongest side of Valur. Judge for yourself: in 8 out of 10 last matches, this team allowed at least one goal. On the other hand, KA Akureyri scored in 8 out of 10 last games; moreover, taking into account all the competitions, KA Akureyri scored Valur at least one goal in each of 5 last head-to-head matches.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – yes
