Besta deildin · ISL · Round 1

Valur
1 - 2 Full time
Thor Akureyri

N1-völlurinn Hlíðarenda · Reykjavík

Lineups

Valur4-2-3-1
FS18Schram
IT11↓63'Støle
JF21Pálsson
15Eyjolfsson
HI3Gunnarsson
BH22↓63'Heimisson
BA6Antonsson
TH12Haraldsson
AS14↓69'Skoglund
LH17Heimisson
DG19⚽Garðarsson
AS1Stefánsson
KK15Kristjánsson
RR19Ragnarsson
YE5Affi
2Arnarsson
AS7↓85'Sigurjónsson
CJ25⚽↓78'Jakobsen
EH8Halldórsson
SG37↓72'Gunnarsson
22↓72'Hlynsson
SH9↓85'Haugland
Thór Akureyri4-4-2

Valur substitutes

24 Myles Veldman 6.0 ↑63'
23 Adam Pálsson 6.3 ↑63'
26 Emil Sigurbjörnsson 6.1 ↑69'
1 Ögmundur Kristinsson
20 Orri Ómarsson
33 Andi Hoti
13 Kristján Kristjánsson
66 Loki Kristjánsson
27 Pétur Eiríksson

Coach: Hermann Hreiðarsson

Thór Akureyri substitutes

16 Bjarni Brynjólfsson 6.1 ↑72'
11 Isaac Atanga 7.0 ↑72'
10 Aron Magnússon 5.8 ↑78'
23 Ingimar Arnar Kristjánsson ⚽↑85'
17 Fannar Gíslason ↑85'
28 Franko Lalić
18 Sverrir Ingason
31 Kristófer Friðriksson
4 Hermann Rúnarsson

Coach: Sigurdur Heidar Höskuldsson

Match events

27'Dagur Garðarsson 1 - 0⚽
34'Ingimar Torbjørnsson Støle
37'Christian Jakobsen assist: Einar Halldórsson 1 - 1⚽
Second half
51'Sigurdur Heidar Höskuldsson
63'↑ Adam Pálsson ↓ Ingimar Torbjørnsson Støle⇄
63'↑ Myles Veldman ↓ Birkir Heimisson⇄
69'↑ Emil Sigurbjörnsson ↓ Albin Skoglund⇄
72'↑ Bjarni Brynjólfsson ↓ Sigfús Gunnarsson⇄
72'↑ Isaac Atanga ↓ Águst Hlynsson⇄
78'↑ Aron Magnússon ↓ Christian Jakobsen⇄
85'↑ Fannar Gíslason ↓ Sebastian Heimvik Haugland⇄
85'↑ Ingimar Arnar Kristjánsson ↓ Atli Sigurjónsson⇄
88'Ingimar Arnar Kristjánsson assist: Isaac Atanga 1 - 2⚽
89'Hördur Ingi Gunnarsson

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Match details

CompetitionBesta deildin
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 12 April 2026, 17:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

7Valur wins1Draws1Thor Akureyri wins

9 past meetings on record. Biggest Valur win: Thór Akureyri 5–1 Valur (2026). Biggest Thor Akureyri win: Thór Akureyri 0–3 Valur (2011).

13 Sep 2026Valur 4 - 1 Thór AkureyriBesta deildin
28 Jun 2026Thór Akureyri 2 - 4 ValurBesta deildin
10 Mar 2026Thór Akureyri 5 - 1 ValurLeague Cup Grp. 2
21 Sep 2014Valur 2 - 0 Thór AkureyriUrvalsdeild
22 Jun 2014Thór Akureyri 0 - 1 ValurUrvalsdeild
25 Aug 2013Valur 2 - 2 Thór AkureyriPEPSI deildin
9 Jun 2013Thór Akureyri 3 - 5 ValurPEPSI deildin
18 Sep 2011Valur 2 - 1 Thór AkureyriPEPSI deildin
6 Jul 2011Thór Akureyri 0 - 3 ValurPEPSI deildin