- Team form: Víkingur Reykjavik are the strong favourites, but the odds for an away win in this Besta deild karla 2026 match are still too short.
- Recent form: Thor Akureyri have no wins from their last 5 Besta deild karla 2026 games (D1, L4) and have failed to win any of their last 4 home games (D1, L3).
Thor are in trouble, but Vikings are in the saddle
Situation:
After 13 games of the Besta deild karla 2026 season, Thor Akureyri are 12th in the table with just 8 points. Sigurdur Heidar Hoeskuldsson has been the head coach since January 2024, but this week he faces the biggest test of his tenure as a runaway favourite, Víkingur Reykjavik come to Thorsvoellur.
Form and tactics:
Víkingur are the clear favourites with the bookies, but with 7 wins from 7 away games in the league, they're still very much in the running for the title, boasting a league-best 40 points 14 games in. Soelvi Ottesen has been in charge since January 2025 and he has fashioned a squad that is perfectly structured and ferociously intense.
The hosts usually line up in a compact 4-4-2, but they have a tendency to push their line high and stick to their shape, which can play right into Víkingur's hands. The visitors' 4-2-3-1 is built to burst forward on the counter-attack, overload the wings and suffocate the opposition with an intense press that will surely panic Thor's back line.
Thor’s talented attacking duo are the only positives
The only thing that could keep Thor in the game is the form of their key attacker Agust Hlynsson. Thor's main man is Hlynsson, who leads Thor's scoring with 3 goals. He has scored 3 goals across the last 5 games.
Meanwhile, Aron Elis Thrandarson has been busy for Víkingur too, scoring 4 of their 13 goals across the last 5 matches. Víkingur's 2026 form has been strong and they should be fresh after their most recent 2 games.
The 1.12 Over 2.5 goals price makes little appeal and BTTS is close to a coin flip, so we're going to take the smart pick of an away Víkingur win in a game that could get out of hand if they can get a few breaks early on.
- Víkingur recent games: A 3-0 cup defeat to Breidablik was followed by a 3-2 win over KA Akureyri and a 1-0 victory over Gyori ETO FC in the league.
- Thor recent games: Thor's last 2 league games saw them get thumped 2-4 at home to Valur and then draw 3-3 at home to KR Reykjavik, so we know they are leaking goals and scrapping to stay afloat.
