Aston Villa — Viking 3:1, 21 October: match result

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 3 Wednesday 21 October · 19:00 UTC

Aston Villa 2th · 9 pts LWWW

3 : 1 1st half 2:0

Viking 33th · 1 pts WLDLW

Villa Park · referee S. Gishamer

Match predictionSafe

Aston Villa to score

91% · Both teams scored in 2 of 3 Aston Villa games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Aston Villa to score”, and the match finished 3:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Aston Villa 55% draw 21% Viking 24%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Aston Villa win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Aston Villa win — they got it right.

fans 57 votes

Aston Villa 65% draw 10% Viking 25%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

R. Barkley assist: I. Mbaye 1-0 23'

E. Buendia penalty 2-0 37'

H. Heggheim own goal 3-0 62'

S. Kvia-Egeskog for E. Botheim 63'

H. Bjordal for T. Moi 63'

M. Cash for Joao Gomes 70'

L. Goretzka for R. Barkley 70'

T. Abraham for N. Jackson 70'

A. Garnacho for I. Mbaye 72'

G. Hemmings for Alysson 75'

A. Cosic for J. Daland 75'

V. Auklend for Z. Tripic 75'

P. Christiansen assist: K. Askildsen 3-1 84'

E. Bassey for H. J. Haugen 86'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1 4-5-1 Viking

Zion Suzuki  
João Gomes  3 Victor Lindelöf  14 Pau Torres  5 Tyrone Mings  
John McGinn  6 Ross Barkley  
Alysson  10 Emiliano Buendía  19 Ibrahim Mbaye  
Nicolas Jackson  

Erik Botheim  
Peter Christiansen  29 Tobias Moi  8 Joe Bell  7 Kristoffer Askildsen  10 Zlatko Tripić  
Herman Johan Haugen  6 Gianni Stensness  27 Jesper Daland  5 Henrik Heggheim  
Arild Østbø  

Aston Villa bench

17Alejandro Garnacho
8Boubacar Kamara
53George Hemmings
22Ian Maatsen
42James Wright
26Lamare Bogarde
27Leon Goretzka
40Marco Bizot
2Matty Cash
18Tammy Abraham
4Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Viking bench

19Amin Cosic
17Essien Bassey
16Henrik Bjørdal
25Henrik Sælebakke Falchener
33Jakob Segadal Hansen
28Kristoffer Haugen
23Niklas Kemp Fuglestad
11Romano Postema
26Simen Kvia-Egeskog
24Vetle Auklend
3Viljar Vevatne
30Ľubomír Belko

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

55%Possession45%

21Shots10

10Shots on target3

7Shots off target0

4Blocked shots7

17Shots inside box4

4Shots outside box6

95Attacks103

55Dangerous attacks42

8Corners6

2Offsides3

7Fouls14

2Saves8

524Passes429

467Accurate passes374

14Free kicks9

10Throw-ins7

4Goal kicks8

1Penalties0

Aston Villa

VikingThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Aston Villa and Viking met on matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League on 21 October at Villa Park. Final score — 3:1.

Aston Villa sit 2th on 9 points after 4 matches (3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss). Viking sit 33th on 1 point after 6 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Aston Villa last five Viking

LWWW form WLDLW

4 Matches 6

3 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 2

12 — 6 Scored — conceded 14 — 13

2.25 Points per game 1.33

3 Goals scored per game 2.33

1 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Aston Villa at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 9—1, 3 points per match.

Viking away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 4—8, 0.33 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Barcelona	4	3	0	1	14—6	9
3	Aston Villa	4	3	0	1	12—6	9
4	Liverpool	3	3	0	0	12—7	9
…
32	Slavia Praha	3	0	1	2	4—7	1
33	Viking	3	0	1	2	5—9	1
34	Lille	4	0	1	3	4—10	1

Full UEFA Champions League table