- Team form: Víkingur Reykjavik have won four of their last five games across all competitions and are the top team in the Besta deild karla 2026.
- Opponents form: KA have lost their last four matches, winning just once in their previous five.
- Head-to-head: Víkingur have won three of the last five matches in this rivalry game, drawing none.
Top versus bottom is on in Iceland
Top dogs Víkingur Reykjavik are set to overwhelm struggling KA Akureyri at Vikingsvoellur in Iceland on Thursday when two teams in contrasting form meet in the Besta deild karla 2026.
Víkingur are top of the table with 37 points from 13 games while KA sit 10th with only 10 points collected from 11 matches. It is hard to imagine anything other than a home win here as the Reykjavik side have won five and drawn one of their six Besta deild karla 2026 home matches and have conceded only three goals on their own turf this term.
A home victory also fits the form book, the table and the head-to-head record, in which Víkingur have won three of the last five head-to-head meetings, including a 2-0 victory two months ago. KA have failed to win their last away game at Víkingur, keeping the psychological edge with the Reykjavik side.
KA will not have an easy time
Víkingur tactics and firepower
Sölvi Ottesen has set up Víkingur to control territory from a 4-4-2 shape this term, pressing high and forcing the opponents onto the back foot. It is a set up that allows their star player, Elias Mar Omarsson, to get forward and cause all manner of problems. The striker is their headline act with 12 goals in three Besta deild karla 2026 games, but with Helgi Gudjonsson having chipped in with four of their 13 goals across their last five, they have serious firepower all over the field.
KA's struggles
KA do not boast the same sort of talent and Hallgrímur Jónasson has them organised in a compact, low-block style that is set up for duels, patience and quick counterattacks. But the visitors have lost their rhythm recently, losing their last two in a row, 4-3 at home to Fram Reykjavik and 3-1 to Breidablik away from home. They have won just one of their previous five in all competitions and their defence has become vulnerable as they have been stretched and exposed.
Víkingur will win
This game, therefore, is a classic possession vs counter game with Víkingur clearly being the sharper tool.
- They came out with a bang last time, winning 4-1 away at Breidablik.
- KA are out of form and their away stats in the Besta deild karla 2026 this season are poor with two wins, one draw and two defeats from five games and 2.00 goals per game conceded.
- Back the hosts, who should justify their 1.21 odds to win this game.
