UEFA Champions League Round 3 2026-10-21 · 19:00 UTC finished
Aston Villa (home)
VS Villa Park, Birmingham
Viking (away)
Prediction
65% Aston Villa (home) Model favorite
16% Draw
18% Viking (away)
Expected goals 2.62 — 1.22 Over 2.5 goals: 74% Both teams to score: 65%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Aston Villa Viking
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.39—
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.19—
Sample size (matches with xG data) 50
Rest days since last match 48
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 15.5 —
Matches in the last 7 days 31
Matches in the next 7 days 30
Travel to this match (km) 275—

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 65.0% of the time.
no head-to-head data available

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Aston Villa

  • injured Aaron Wan-Bissaka return: Mid November 2026
  • injured Amadou Onana return: Mid April 2027
  • injured Johan Manzambi return: Late October 2026
  • injured Matteo Ruggeri return: Late October 2026
  • injured Modou Kéba Cissé return: Back in training

Viking

  • injured Anders Bærtelsen return: Early November 2026
  • injured Martin Roseth return: Late October 2026
  • injured Nicholas D'Agostino return: Mid October 2026
  • injured Sondre Bjørshol return: Late October 2026
  • injured Veton Berisha return: Mid October 2026
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How predictions are made

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Data coverage

Model probabilities: available Recent xG form: available Injuries & suspensions: available Head to head: unavailable Pressing baseline: available Season context: available