Aston Villa 3-1 Viking: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 21 October 2026

Result

Aston Villa 3-1 Viking

Champions League · Wednesday 21 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Villa Park, Birmingham · half-time 2-0

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Aston Villa 3-1 Viking: match report

Aston Villa beat Viking 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 October 2026 at Villa Park. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ross Barkley opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ross Barkley (23'), Emiliano Buendía (37', penalty) and an own goal by Henrik Heggheim (62'). Viking scored through Peter Christiansen (84').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 19th on 6 points from 2 and Viking 34th on 5 points from 4. In the current table Aston Villa are 3rd on 9 points and Viking are 33rd on 1 point.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Viking in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arild Østbø of Viking (8.0), ahead of Alysson (7.8).

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Viking's D-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Ross BarkleyAston Villa · 1-0
  • 37'Penalty goal · Emiliano BuendíaAston Villa · 2-0
  • 62'Own goal · Henrik HeggheimAston Villa · 3-0
  • 84'Goal · Peter ChristiansenViking · 3-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Aston Villa4301126+69WWWL
33Viking301259-41LDL

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zion Suzuki, João Gomes, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings, John McGinn, Ross Barkley, Alysson, Emiliano Buendía, Ibrahim Mbaye, Nicolas Jackson

Viking line-up (4-5-1)

Arild Østbø, Herman Haugen, Gianni Stensness, Jesper Daland, Henrik Heggheim, Peter Christiansen, Tobias Moi, Joe Bell, Kristoffer Askildsen, Zlatko Tripic, Erik Botheim

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