Aston Villa host Viking in Matchday 3 of the Champions League

Aston Villa will host Viking in a meeting between the two sides in Matchday 3 of the league phase of the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League, on 21 October 2026 at 22:00 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time, with the match broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Aston Villa go into the match in strong form after a run of good results, having beaten Newcastle United away 1-0 on 17 October, crushed Fenerbahce 6-0 on 14 October, drawn 2-2 with Brentford, and beaten Tottenham Hotspur 3-2, with their only defeat in this period coming against Nottingham Forest 1-2.

Viking, on the other hand, have had mixed results, drawing their last match 3-3 at home against Bayern Munich on 13 October, after losing 1-3 away to Stuttgart, beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-1, drawing with them in another match 2-2, and also drawing 1-1 with Istanbul Basaksehir.

Aston Villa will be without a number of players for this match, including Mody Kaba Cisse, Taylor Jay Harwood-Bellis, Ian Ethan Maatsen, A. Onana, Matteo Ruggeri, Brian Madjo, George Hemmings, Johan Manzambi, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, all absent due to injury or other reasons until the time of the match.

For their part, Viking will be without Anders Bloch Bertelsen, Veton Berisha, Sondre Flem Bjorshol, K. A. Frempong, M. Roseth, Nicolas D'Agostino, and Kristoffer Haugen.

In the standings, Aston Villa sit third with 6 points from two matches, having won both and scored 9 goals while conceding just two, while Viking are in 27th place with 1 point from two matches, having drawn one and lost the other, scoring 4 goals and conceding 6.