Breidablik Kopavogur

vs

Fram Reykjavik

Preview

Breidablik Kopavogur

• Besta deild karla is a tight, tense and competitive top-four battle, with 4th-placed Breidablik on 30 points from 19 games and 3rd-placed Fram on 40 points.
• Breidablik have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 5 league games.
• A 1-0 away defeat at Thor Akureyri was followed by a 3-1 home loss against Valur and then a wild 3-3 away draw at KR Reykjavik.
• They came back strongly last week to beat IBV Vestmannaeyjar 2-1 away from home before posting a convincing 3-1 home win over Stjarnan.

Fram Reykjavik

• Fram have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last five league games.
• The two sides have been in the top seven positions for most of the season, but neither team has been able to pull away in the league.

Head-to-Head

• Fram won the last Besta deild karla meeting 4-3 at home two months ago.
• The head-to-head record in Besta deild karla is level at one win, one draw and one defeat across the previous three meetings.

Key Players

• Ólafur Ingi Skúlason's men play a front-foot, possession-based game with a high press and width from the full-backs.
• Kristofer Ingi Kristinsson is their main threat in the final third and tops the team's Besta deild karla scoring stats with 11 goals in 14 appearances.
• Kennie Chopart is the main finisher in front of goal for the visitors, who top their Besta deild karla goalscoring charts with nine in 17.
• The home side are averaging 2.44 goals a game at Kopavogsvoellur this season and, with Agust Thorsteinsson also in decent form and on the scoresheet twice in their last 5, we think they can push Fram back and create space in the second half.

Betting Insights

• Match odds: both clubs are the same price at 2.4 for the win and the tie at 4.1.
• Swerve the odds-against faves and take a small risk on the draw.
• Over 2.5 goals is 1.24 and worth some interest given both sides' recent attacking output.

Prediction

• Another tie looks likely given the recent meetings and form.
• An entertaining, high-scoring clash could be on the cards.