UEFA Champions League · 2026

Aston Villa vs Viking FK · UEFA Champions League

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What the record shows

The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Season-opening preview

Current-season evidence is still building.

This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.

1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade

Current season so far

Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.

  • Aston Villa1 matches
  • Viking FK3 matches

Previous-season context

Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.

These two clubs played in different competitions last season, so the values are shown side by side without ranking them against each other.

Aston Villa

Competition
UEFA Champions League
Season
2024/25
Sample
12 matches
Profile grade
A
Data cutoff
31 May 2025
  • Goals scored1.92 goals/match
  • Goals allowed1 goal/match
  • Expected goals1.57 xG/match
  • Expected goals allowed1.19 xG/match
  • Shots12.8 shots/match
  • Shots allowed12.9 shots/match
  • Shots on target5.42 shots/match
  • Shots on target allowed5 shots/match
  • Possession47.2%
  • Corners3.83 corners/match
  • Corners allowed4.5 corners/match
  • Fouls10.3 fouls/match
  • Clean-sheet frequency42%
  • Scoring frequency75%

Viking FK

Competition
UEFA Conference League
Season
2025/26
Sample
4 matches
Profile grade
C
Data cutoff
27 May 2026
  • Goals scored3.5 goals/match
  • Goals allowed1.75 goals/match
  • Clean-sheet frequency25%
  • Scoring frequency100%

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable
Season samples1 / 3home / away teams
Recent samples1 / 3last-five windows
Freshness43 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
  • At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
  • The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
  • The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Wed, 21 Oct 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4