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UEFA Champions League · LEAGUE_STAGE · Wed 21 Oct, 19:00

Aston Villa
3–1
Full time
Viking

Pre-match prediction

94%
Aston Villa 94% Draw 5% 1% Viking

⏳Made before lineups were confirmed for this match.

⚠Low confidence: one or both teams have limited history in this competition, so this leans on cross-competition strength (Elo) rather than a full statistical fit.

Expected goals
2.90 – 0.05
Over 2.5 goals
57%
Both teams to score
5%
Model confidence
low

Most likely scorelines

2-0 22% 3-0 21% 4-0 15% 1-0 15% 5-0 9%

Lineups

Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.

Viking 4-3-3
1
Østbø GK
5
Heggheim LB
6
Stensness CB
27
Daland CB
2
Haugen RB
29
Moi CM
8
Bell CM
7
Askildsen CM
10
Tripić LW
22
Botheim ST
20
Christiansen RW
1
Suzuki GK
1507
5
Mings LB
1568
14
Torres CB
1596
3
Lindelöf CB
1488
35
Gomes RB
1520
6
Barkley CDM
1488
7
McGinn CDM
1578
19
Mbaye LW
1502
10
Buendía CAM
1520
47
Edward RW
1492
11
Jackson ST
1646
Aston Villa 4-2-3-1

Aston Villa · Bench

M. Bizot, L. Bogarde, M. Cash, A. Garnacho, L. Goretzka, T. Harwood-Bellis, George Hemmings, B. Kamara, I. Maatsen, J. Wright, T. Abraham

Viking · Bench

Vetle Auklend, E. Bassey, Ľ. Belko, H. Bjørdal, A. Cosic, K. Haugen, V. Vevatne, N. Fuglestad, S. Kvia-Egeskog, R. Postema, J. Hansen, H. Falchener

Aston Villa · last 5 A

Newcastle United (A) 0-1 W Fenerbahce (H) 6-0 W Brentford (H) 2-2 D Tottenham Hotspur (A) 2-3 W Nottingham Forest (H) 1-2 L

Viking · last 5

Bayern Munich (H) 3-3 D VfB Stuttgart (A) 3-1 L

Head-to-head

21 Oct 2026 Aston Villa 3–1 Viking

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