Match Report
ÍF, 10th on 7 points, faced a 52-point deficit to HB (3rd, 59). Scoring rates set the scale: ÍF 0.89 scored and 3.15 conceded per game, HB 2.04 and 0.85, with the league averaging 1.65.
ÍF's winless run stood at 15. ÍF had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; HB, 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 40 games: 9 ÍF wins, 24 for HB, 7 draws, at 3.45 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 55%. The recent trend is more open — 4.6 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.45 all-time.
á Fløtugerði in Fuglafjørður staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.