Peter Green - July 29, 2023
KR Reykjavik vs Valur Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Iceland Besta Deildin on Monday, 31 July 2023.
Neither KR Reykjavik nor Vestmannaeyjar had a decent start to this season. Both had an inconsistent winless start to the campaign. They both have picked up the momentum later and have managed to gain an impressive form at the moment.
Valur with four wins in the past five matches, climbed into second in the standings while KR Reykjavik bagged 10 points from the last five fixtures to climb into fourth.
Valur was unbeaten in 9 of the last 10 head to head clashes against Reykjavik. Their latest clash ended in a 5-0 win for Valur.
Five of the last six meeting had goals over 2.5 ft. Valur was unbeaten in three of the last four meetings against Reykjavik at this stadium.
KR Reykjavik was having a winning form before losing to Vikingur Reykjavik in their most recent home match. The match ended in a 1-2 defeat for them.
Meanwhile, Valur was also having an impressive form before losing their most recent road trips. The team had a three-match winning streak which ended with a 2-0 defeat against Stjarnan.
Going on, Valur have been the dominant force in the recent history of this match-up. Thus, we expect a win for them on Sunday.
More than 60% of the matches played by Valur were high-scoring. Knowing that their recent h2h clashes have been high-scoring, we expect this match to have goals over 2.5 ft.
Reykjavik have scored in the last seven home matches in a row across competitions. On the other side, Valur have allowed a total of 5 goals in the last five road trips. In that case, we expect this match to be a both teams scoring game.
Valur is having a comparatively better form. Their impressive h2h stats against KR Reykjavik adds more to their chances here.
Therefore, we like to start with Valur to win at 2.20 odds. While placing it as the main tip, we like to back the over 2.5 goals option at 1.53 odds.