Fram had won five of six and looked to be sailing up the table. Then champions Víkingur came to Lambhagavöllur and left them with a 0-5 defeat, a hat-trick for Elías Már, and some uncomfortable questions to carry south to Reykjanesbær. Waiting there is a side licking its own wounds: Keflavík, newly promoted, who shipped six in a single game in June and have kept one clean sheet in seven. Two heavy beatings, two teams that need to pick themselves up on the same night.
The market
*(The market is still unformed this far out — confirm closer to kickoff.)*
Fram arrive third, with a goal record that tells two stories at once: eighteen scored in their last seven games, but eighteen conceded as well. Rúnar Kristinsson's side score when they get going — four against KA, four against Breiðablik, four against FH — but rarely keep a clean sheet. The weekend loss to Víkingur was a different kind of result, though: five goals and no reply. It remains to be seen whether that left a dent or was simply a night best forgotten.
The hosts are in no better shape. Keflavík, back in the top flight after a two-year absence, have conceded fourteen in their last seven. June was hard going: six against ÍBV in one afternoon, then a home defeat to FH after which Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson made no secret of his frustration. The weekend draw at Valur — a point salvaged on a difficult away trip — was valuable ballast for a side that wants to build a cushion above the relegation places before the summer gets heavier.
LAST 6 MATCHES
This game is Fram's attack against a defence that has leaked. The visitors push forward in most matches and have plenty of players who can score — Kennie Chopart has been their leading scorer by most accounts, and experienced heads like Simon Tibbling and Fred Saraiva give the midfield and forward line some weight. Against them stands a back line that has simply not coped with opposing forwards this summer, whether it was ÍBV or FH.
The question that decides it is a simple one: can Keflavík tighten things up at home, or does Fram's attack find the gaps the way most opponents have? If the hosts keep Fram out of the box for the first half-hour and force the visitors to break down a packed wall, there's a way into the game — Fram can give chances away as matches wear on. But sit too deep and let Chopart and company in, and this goes the way the April meeting did.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
17 Apr 2026 Besta deild Lambhagavöllur Fram 3-1 Keflavík 6 Mar 2026 League Cup Keflavík Keflavík 4-3 Fram *(reported)*
THE PICK
The pick is a Fram win on the road. The gap in quality is real, the visitors scored three in the first meeting, and Keflavík have shown nothing to suggest their defence holds against an attack of this calibre. The signs also point to goals at both ends: both sides have scored and conceded regularly, and plenty of their games have finished over 2.5.
The risk comes in two forms. One is that the 0-5 genuinely bit into Fram's confidence and they turn up south hesitant. The other is that the promoted side, with home advantage and the steadying point from the Valur game behind them, shut the game down and turn it into a grind — go ahead early, sit in, and this could end up tight and low.
This is a Monday night at Nettóvöllurinn, the Suðurnes peninsula against Reykjavík, and two teams at opposite ends of the season: Keflavík just back up after two years away, Fram trying to stay in the title race after the club's best season since 2010. No local derby, but plenty riding on it for both.