VIKINGUR v FJOLNIR – Pick: 1 AH0 – 21 July 2014

Vikingur's home form too much for Fjolnir tonight

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Football – Iceland – Pepsideildin

Monday 21st July 2014 – Kickoff: 2115hrs

Vikingur will be looking topmost a fourth successive home win in the Icelandic Pepsideildin on Monday night when they host lowly Fjolnir at their Vikingsvollur ground.

The hosts have won four out of their last five league matches overall with wins over Thor 3-2, Valur away 2-1, Breidablik 1-0 and Keflavik 3-1 in their last home fixture which pushed them up into fourth place and within touching distance of claiming a Europa League spot.

Vikingur’s home form has also been impressive of late as they chase a fourth win on the trot on home turf, and they hold an overall record at Vikingsvollur of  4-0-1  10/6 with Faye and Thrandarson (5 goals each), looking the most likely anytime goalscorers for them tonight – indeed the latter scored a brace in Vikingur’s recent 3-1 win over fifth placed Keflavik.

 

Visitors Fjolnir on the other hand have not been enjoying life in the Pepsideildin in recent weeks as they’ve now gone nine matches without a win, a run which has seen them plummet down to fourth from bottom in the division.

Fjolnir have been involved in five draws within these last nine matches which also includes defeats against FH Hafnarfdjodur, Fram, Stjarnan and IBV Vestmannaeyjar and they’ve conceded 13 goals in their last four league matches which is not a good sign.

Away form home, Fjolnir have recorded just one away win so far this season which was a 2-1 win at second from bottom club Thor, but their overall record reads a disappointing  1-2-2  8/10 with their obvious achilles heel being a lack of clean sheets on their travels – just one in fact from their last 16 on the road which surely hands the initiative to Vikingur tonight.

 

Vikingur have shown some impressive form of late along with scoring plenty of goals as well so I’m confident they can take the points here tonight. However, I advise a little caution here given Fjolnir’s spate of drawn matches so I recommend backing the hosts with the round ball (draw no bet option) to be safe. Vikingur may win this perhaps 3-1.

Pick: Vikingur AH0 @ 1.65 Pinnacle