Valur Reykjavik vs IR Reykjavik Prediction: Who will get to the final?

Valur Reykjavik will battle IR Reykjavik at Origovöllurinn for a place in the final of the Iceland League Cup on Tuesday. The winner in this game will face Fylkir in the final after Fylkismenn defeated KR Reykjavik in the other semis. Below, I have the team news, expert betting tips, and odds.

Valur Reykjavik

Valur Reykjavik secured a 2-1 win over Vestri in their last game of the group to go unbeaten in their five games in Group 1. They secured four wins and played a 1-1 draw in their game against Akranes to give them 13 points in total, scoring 16 goals and conceding 3. They have now remained unbeaten in their games since losing 3-0 to KR Reykjavik in the finals of the Reykjavik Cup earlier this year. They will now hope to avoid history repeating itself after they were dumbed out at this stage by Akranes in the 2024 edition of this tournament.

IR Reykjavik

IR Reykjavik suffered a 1-0 loss to Thor Akureyri in their last game of the group stage but still managed to make it to this stage after a good display in a highly competitive group that saw them finish top with seven points in 4 games, scoring five and conceding 3. They were on the same points as Thor Akureyri, but due to goal superiority, they made it out of the group.

Expert Betting Tips

Both sides have really fought hard in the group stage to make it to this stage, and while I have a slight bias that the hosts will win, I prefer to go into the goal market to make my predictions. The last two games between these two sides saw eight and nine goals, respectively, so no doubt this game has the tendency to follow this trend, and the goals are expected to be scored by both sides.

Our prediction for this match is for both teams to score, for odds of 1.60 at Bet365. 

Our second prediction is for both teams to score in the first half for odds of 3.48 at 1xbet.

Our third prediction is to see more than one goal in the first 45 minutes of the game at odds of 1.78 at Betway.