Aston Villa vs Viking Betting Tips - Villans to Keep Winning in the Champions League

Alex Waite

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Last updated: Mon 19 Oct 2026 16:43

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Aston Villa have won their first 2 Champions League games
Viking have seen 11 total goals in their last 2 matches
A high-scoring Villa victory has value on Wednesday

Aston Villa have seen over 4.5 goals in their last 2 Champions League games (Getty)

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Aston Villa are a quality side that knows how to score goals at home. Viking also get on the scoresheet regularly and a home win with BTTS is tipped in the Champions League.

Aston Villa vs Viking Preview
Key Stats - High-Scoring Results
H2H
Aston Villa Hitting Top Form
Viking Score Loads of Goals
Predicted Starting Lineups & Team News

Key Stats - High-Scoring Results

Aston Villa have won their last 2 matches.
Aston Villa have seen over 4.5 goals in their last 2 Champions League games.
Viking have seen BTTS in their last 2 matches.

H2H

This will be the first-ever encounter between Aston Villa and Viking.

Aston Villa Hitting Top Form

Aston Villa look in good shape after winning six of their last eight fixtures in all competitions. The Villans have scored 21 goals and conceded 11 in that spell.

Unai Emery’s side won their first game of the season 3-2 at Club Brugge in the Champions League. A 2-1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest followed before a three-match winning streak.

Villa then drew 2-2 at home with Brentford and thumped Fenerbahce 6-0 in the Champions League. Emery’s team had 2.28 and 3.11 XG in those two home wins.

The Birmingham team continued their strong run of form with a 1-0 Premier League victory at Newcastle. Johan Manzambi scored the winner on 36 minutes and Villa had 1.57-0.99 XG.

Viking Score Loads of Goals

Viking are a positive side and have scored at least once in 18 consecutive matches. They have seen 63 total goals during that period.

The Dark Blues lost in their first Champions League match this season, 3-1 at Stuttgart. A run of four successive wins, with 15 goals scored, followed.

Morten Jensen and Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim’s side then held German giants Bayern Munich to a 3-3 home draw. Viking faced 25 shots and allowed 3.29 XG.

The Norwegian side had another high-scoring result on Saturday following a 3-2 home triumph over Fredrikstad. Viking led through Simen Kvia-Egeskog’s early goal, conceded twice and Peter Christiansen netted twice in the second half.

Predicted Starting Lineups & Team News

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Zion Suzuki; Matty Cash, Victor Lindelof, Tyrone Mings, Pau Torres; Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley; Ibrahim Mbaye, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendia; Nicolas Jackson

Full-backs Matteo Ruggeri and Ian Maatsen are unavailable due to injury. Attacker George Hemmings and midfielder Amadou Onana have long-term knee injuries and won’t feature.

Johan Manzambi and defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka were injured against Newcastle and could miss out. Unai Emery was unsure about the extent of Manzambi’s injury and said, “It’s not clear” following the midfielder’s withdrawal.

Viking (4-3-3): Arild Ostbo; Henrik Heggheim, Gianni Stensness, Henrik Falchener, Vetle Auklend; Tobias Moi, Joe Bell, Simen Kvia-Egeskog; Niklas Fuglestad, Erik Botheim, Peter Christiansen

Defensive pair Sondre Bjorshol and Anders Baertelsen and attacker Veton Berisha are injured.

Midfielder Kristoffer Haugen is also an injury doubt after missing the Fredrikstad game with a leg issue.

Verdict

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Aston Villa and Viking get amongst the goals and a high-scoring clash is expected. Villa have enough class to secure a Champions League home win with BTTS.

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Alex is a full-time sports writer, covering football, cricket, golf, rugby and tennis as well as providing informative betting guides.

Alex was born in London and studied at Swansea University in Wales. He used to work as a teacher in London but changed a few years ago to work as a full-time sports writer. Mostly enjoys watching and writing about football, cricket, golf, rugby and tennis.

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