Breidablik vs Víkingur Reykjavík Prediction: We expect a tough battle here

We celebrate the return of the Icelandic top league with the annual football game between the team that won the Urvalsdeild karla last year (Breidablik) and the team that now holds the Icelandic Cup (Vikingur Reykjavik). This year's match is scheduled to take place at the Kópavogsvöllur.

Before this encounter for the super cup, Breidablik had gone seven of their previous 16 matches without allowing an opponent to score. This demonstrates how strong their defence could potentially be. In this situation, the Vikingur Reykjavik will require an especially powerful offensive tactic in order to achieve their desired outcome.

In addition to that, there has been at least one scoreless team in seven of Breidablik's most recent ten matches played at home, which has contributed to under 1.5 goals being scored in three of Breidablik's most recent eight home matches.

Recent matches for Vikingur Reykjavik have demonstrated to the rest of the globe how defensively minded the team is. Amazingly, in each of their last six matches, they have allowed one goal or fewer to be scored against them.

In the past, Vikingur has not favoured an encounter with many goals; in three of Vikingur Reykjavik's most recent four matches played away from home, at least one team failed to score. There were fewer than 1.5 goals scored in two of Vikingur Reykjavik's most recent three matches, which contributed to the team allowing just 9 goals in their last 19 matches played away from their home soil.

In the past, this opposing duo has engaged in a battle that has been decided by the slimmest of margins. Breidablik have won 10 of the last 21 matches against Vkingur Reykjavik, while Vkingur Reykjavik have won 8 of the matches. Three of the matchups between these two teams have ended in a tie.

When playing at home in the Super Cup so far this season, Breidablik have averaged 2.14 points per game, whereas Vkingur Reykjavik have averaged 3 points per game when playing on the road.

It is exceedingly challenging to identify anything that can serve as a divider between the two sides. When you consider how they've been looking as of late, you can anticipate this to be competitive. It looks like we'll end up in a scoreless draw, but that's not something we should get too excited about just yet.

These back sides make an impression. Both Breidablik and Vikingur Reykjavik have been very strong defensively at home, with Breidablik allowing only 0.8 goals per game on average over their last 8 matches and Vikingur Reykjavik allowing only 1 goal over their last 4 matches.

• HT: X for 2.5 odds
• X for 4 odds
• Under 3.5 for 1.78 odds