League phase, matchday 3

3 - 1

Full time

Viking FK

Wednesday 21 October 2026 · 20:00 · HT 2-0 · Villa Park, Birmingham · Referee Sebastian Gishamer

Aston Villa v Viking FK: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Aston Villa's last 3 home games and Viking FK's last 0 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 3, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 3, with 5.7 corners per match (league 9.4) and 6.0 cards (league 4.1).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

Seasons

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League games only

· 2026/27

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

Aston Villa v Viking FK, full match

55%

Possession

45%

2.70

Expected goals (xG)

0.74

21

Shots

10

Shots on target

3

8

Corners

6

7

Fouls

14

0

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

23'

Goal

Ross Barkley AST

37'

Penalty

Emiliano Buendía AST

84'

Goal

Peter Christiansen VIK

At a glance

Aston Villa

W

D

W

L

D

Viking FK

No games yet

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Aston Villa's home games and Viking FK's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Aston Villa's last 3 home games and Viking FK's last 0 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

67%

2/3 games · League 50%

Over 1.5 goals

67%

2/3 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

67%

2/3 games · League 50%

Over 3.5 goals

33%

1/3 games · League 31%

Over 9.5 corners

0%

0/3 games · League 46%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

3/3 games · League 57%

Aston Villa clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 29%

Viking FK clean sheet

–

0/0 games · League 29%

Aston Villa fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 29%

Viking FK fail to score

–

0/0 games · League 29%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.8

Corners

5.7

League 9.4

Cards

6.0

League 4.1

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Zion Suzuki

DEFENDERS

3

5

14

35

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ross Barkley

7

John McGinn

10

Emiliano Buendía

FORWARDS

11

Nicolas Jackson

19

Ibrahim Mbaye

47

Alysson

SUBSTITUTES

40

Marco Bizot

42

James Wright

2

Matty Cash

4

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

22

8

26

27

53

17

18

Viking FK

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Arild Østbø

DEFENDERS

2

5

6

27

MIDFIELDERS

7

8

10

20

29

FORWARDS

22

Erik Botheim

SUBSTITUTES

30

3

17

24

25

Henrik Sælebakke Falchener

28

Kristoffer Haugen

16

Henrik Bjørdal

23

Niklas Kemp Fuglestad

26

33

11

19

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

2 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

2.5

League 4.1

Yellow cards per game

2.5

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

25.0

League 23.3

Penalties per game

0.50

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

AST

VIK

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

–

2.6

2.9

Over 0.5

86%

6/7

–

86%

6/7

93%

Over 1.5

57%

4/7

–

57%

4/7

76%

Over 2.5

57%

4/7

–

57%

4/7

54%

Over 3.5

43%

3/7

–

43%

3/7

36%

Over 4.5

14%

1/7

–

14%

1/7

20%

Bet

AST

VIK

Match

League

Yes

43%

3/7

–

43%

3/7

53%

Yes and win

14%

1/7

–

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

43%

3/7

–

43%

3/7

43%

Yes and draw

14%

1/7

–

14%

1/7

21%

Yes and loss

14%

1/7

–

16%

Yes in both halves

14%

1/7

–

14%

1/7

–

Bet

AST

VIK

Match

League

Corners per match

7.4

–

7.4

9.4

Over 7.5

29%

2/7

–

29%

2/7

70%

Over 8.5

29%

2/7

–

29%

2/7

49%

Over 9.5

14%

1/7

–

14%

1/7

44%

Over 10.5

14%

1/7

–

14%

1/7

39%

Over 11.5

14%

1/7

–

14%

1/7

27%

Over 12.5

0%

0/7

–

0%

0/7

17%

Referee Sebastian Gishamer: 2.5 cards and 25.0 fouls per game in 2 games this season

Bet

AST

VIK

Match

League

Cards per match

5.3

–

5.3

4.2

Over 2.5

86%

6/7

–

86%

6/7

77%

Over 3.5

71%

5/7

–

71%

5/7

59%

Over 4.5

57%

4/7

–

57%

4/7

43%

Over 5.5

57%

4/7

–

57%

4/7

27%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Nicolas Jackson

6 starts · 0.4 per 90

0%

0/5

33%

2/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

John McGinn

6 starts · 0.2 per 90

0%

0/5

17%

1/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

Emiliano Buendía

7 starts · 0.2 per 90

0%

0/6

14%

1/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.