Landsbankadeild - 31-05-2005 -

Valur - Fram:

Reykjavik derby.. again. The newly promoted Valur host Fram.

Valur Reykjavik comes to the Icelandic Premier after having dominated the lower league (Delid 1.) last year. They also had an excellent pre-season.

Fram Reykjavik is a team rich of history, but they have surely known better times. Last year they ended at 8th place in the table, just 1 point above the relegated Vikingur.

This year Valur have won the first 3 games, while Fram collected 2 wins and 1 defeat (in the derby vs KR: a cursed fixture for them), so both team look pretty in form, but I think Valur is the far better side: they have several interesting players, easily create chances and score goals for fun. Valur and Fram met each other many times in the past and here are some recent results:

10.02.05
2005
Fram - Valur
0-2

22.04.04
2004
Valur - Fram
2-1

14.09.03
2003
Valur - Fram
2-0

06.07.03
2003
Fram - Valur
2-1

24.11.02
2003
Valur - Fram
4-2

17.02.02
2002
Fram - Valur
2-1

12.01.02
2002
Valur - Fram
2-2

16.07.01
2001
Valur - Fram
3-2

04.07.01
2001
Valur - Fram
2-3

17.05.01
2001
Fram - Valur
2-3

11.09.99
1999
Valur - Fram
2-1

05.07.99
1999
Fram - Valur
2-2

The first thing to be noticed is the high number of goals recurring in almost every match between these teams; the second one is Valur's impressive home record vs Fram. If we went further in the past we would also notice that many years ago Fram were everything but an easy opponent to Valur, but as it often happens things have changed (the same about KR and FH).

I'm going to blindly trust the statistic stuff.

Valur - Fram:

Pick: Over 2,5
Odds: 2,35
Bookmaker: Stanleybet
Stake: 8/10
Confidence: 8/10

Valur - Fram:

Pick: Valur
Odds: 2,00
Bookmaker: Stanleybet
Stake: 6/10
Confidence: 6/10

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