- Team form: KA are 10th in Besta deild karla 2026 with 15 points from 16 games while FH are 11th on 13 from 16.
- Head-to-head: KA have won four of the last five head-to-head encounters between the two sides, with one draw.
- Away record: FH have failed to win their last two away games against KA.
Battling bottom-three clubs
This Sunday's soccer game between KA Akureyri and FH Hafnarfjordur at Akureyrarvoellur, Iceland, looks set to be a close, cagey battle between two clubs fighting to keep their heads above water.
KA form
KA are the bigger club with a long history, but they have had to settle for 10th place in Besta deild karla 2026 and are currently on a run of one win, two draws and two defeats in their last five games.
In the last three, they have beaten IA Akranes 3-2 at home, then drawn 2-2 away at IBV Vestmannaeyjar and 0-0 at home to Thor Akureyri – which demonstrates that they are capable of making a game tough, but are not yet at the stage of being able to finish teams off.
FH form
FH, meanwhile, have found some form with a run of five games unbeaten, with one win and four draws, but they have ground to a halt at the wrong end of the table.
In their last three games they have won 2-0 at home to Valur, but been held to 0-0 draws at home to Breidablik and away to Fram Reykjavik.
Hafnarfjordur have found a winning formula
Key finishers
The teams have a couple of recognisable finishers and they will be important on Sunday.
- Steingrimsson is KA's sharpest finisher with seven goals in 13 Besta deild karla 2026 appearances and four of the club's eight goals in their last five is a record for a player who knows how to put the ball in the net.
- Gislason is the nearest FH have to a finisher with four in 14 in Besta deild karla 2026 this year and he has also chipped in with two of the team's five in their last five, but they have been grinding them out rather than scoring freely.
Managers and tactics
Hallgrimur Jonasson has done a steady job since taking over at KA on 2 October 2022, turning the club into a tidy, transition-based side that can make life tough for opponents.
Joey Gudjonsson took over at FH on 1 January 2026 and he has made them high-pressers who will try to get wide as much as possible, so this should be a tactical battle as well as a battle for places at the bottom of the league table.
KA are worth the slight favorite odds
KA are the slight favourites here at 2.15 and ahead of FH at 2.86 and the draw at 3.86, but given the visitors are unbeaten in their last five while KA have one win in the same number, it is probably wiser to lean towards the home side.
KA beat FH 2-1 away in Besta deild karla 2026 two months ago so they know the right way to hit the visitors in this matchup and with Hallgrimsson running onto a lot of the loose balls at the other end, they can land some telling counterattacks.
Over 2.5 goals at 1.38 and both teams to score at 1.38 is good value for what should be an open soccer game with a few chances at both ends, but it looks the better bet for Sunday's game with both teams having drawn their last two fixtures.
