Match Report
In the standings it was Fjölnir 3rd on 37 points, Afturelding 4th on 36 — separated by 1. On recent form Fjölnir sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Fjölnir 1.55 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Afturelding 1.77 and 1.64, with the league averaging 1.59.
Over the last five, Fjölnir had taken 3 of 15 points to Afturelding's 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Fjölnir wins, 2 for Afturelding, 0 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings.
V. Thórarinsson took charge of the match — our records show 64 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. The venue was Extra völlurinn in Reykjavik, with room for 1,500 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.