Head-to-Head: Aston Villa vs Viking

Aston Villa vs Viking offers an English–Norwegian European pairing with no completed direct contest to establish an advantage. No earlier score can dictate its tone, and neither club has a response after defeat or a venue pattern to defend. The matchup must instead acquire meaning through verified margins and changing settings, with later meetings showing whether one result establishes direction or only creates room for an answer.

Past matches, Aston Villa vs Viking

21 October 2026 League Stage - 3

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Viking

Villa Park

Match center

Aston Villa

3 - 1

21 October 2026

Viking

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Starting eleven

Substitutes Aston Villa

40
G
26
M
2
D
17
F
27
M
4
D
53
M
8
M
22
D
42
G
18
F

Viking Substitutes

D
24
D
17
G
30
M
16
F
19
D
28
D
3
F
23
M
26
F
11
M
33
D
25

Match events

45'

90'

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23'
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Ross Barkley Normal Goal (Asst: Ibrahim Mbaye)
35'

Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha Penalty confirmed
37'
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Emiliano Buendía Penalty
62'
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Henrik Heggheim Own Goal
63'

Henrik Bjørdal Tobias Moi
63'

Simen Kvia Egeskog Erik Botheim
70'

Leon Goretzka Ross Barkley
70'

Tammy Abraham Nicolas Jackson
70'

Matty Cash João Gomes
72'

Alejandro Garnacho Ibrahim Mbaye
75'

George Hemmings Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha
75'

Amin Cosic Jesper Daland
75'

Vetle Auklend Zlatko Tripić
84'
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Peter Christiansen Normal Goal (Asst: Kristoffer Askildsen)
86'

Kristoffer Askildsen Goal confirmed
86'

Essien Bassey Herman Haugen

Stats for this game

Matchup Aston Villa VS Viking

Two clubs without a shared script

No completed direct match links Aston Villa and Viking in the head-to-head record. That leaves the page without a scoreline to defend or overturn, and without a venue pattern that could make one side more comfortable by precedent. The English–Norwegian contrast adds context, but it does not by itself establish a hierarchy between these teams.

Margins need confirmation

A result in either direction would begin to define the balance, yet its wider meaning would depend on what follows. A narrow score could keep a reply close, while clearer separation would give the winner a stronger position without proving permanent control. Another venue would provide a useful test of whether the advantage travels. The enduring interest lies in whether Aston Villa or Viking can clearly repeat a margin under different conditions across European meetings, or whether each new result keeps the clubs difficult to separate.