Match Report
The table gap was wide: 35 points between Skála (1st, 72 pts) and ÍF (4th, 37 pts). ÍF had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: ÍF 2.04 scored and 2 conceded per game, Skála 3.56 and 0.52, with the league averaging 1.87.
Skála entered with seven wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. ÍF had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Skála, 15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 21 games: 4 ÍF wins, 10 for Skála, 7 draws, at 3.29 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%. Recent editions have opened up: 4.2 goals per game across the last five meetings against 3.29 historically.
á Fløtugerði in Fuglafjørður, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Skála led 1-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 1-5.