UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League
League Stage - 3• 21 Oct 2026

Aston Villa 3–1 Viking

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Match Recap

Ross Barkley opened the floodgates after 23 minutes and Aston Villa never let Viking back in, racing to a 3-1 win in the UEFA Champions League. Emiliano Buendía doubled the lead before half-time and Henrik Heggheim added a third just after the hour, leaving Villa cruising on two wins from two to sit fourth in the table with six points. Viking's response came too late to matter: Peter Christiansen pulled one back in the 84th minute, but the Norwegian side remains without a win, stuck on one point and 30th after a draw and a loss. For a club still chasing its first group-stage victory, the gap to Villa's early form is already stark. Three different scorers inside an hour tells you how comfortably Villa controlled this one from the first goal onward. Watch how Barkley picks his spot in the 23rd minute to set the tone, then catch Heggheim's third goal settling the contest before Christiansen's late consolation strike in the highlights below.

Match Statistics

Aston Villa
VS
Viking
54% Ball Possession 46%
2.75 Expected goals (xG) 0.81
21 Total Shots 10
10 Shots on target 3
7 Shots off target 0
4 Blocked Shots 7
17 Shots inside box 4
4 Shots outside box 6
8 Corner Kicks 6
2 Offsides 3
7 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 8
527 Total passes 434
469 Accurate passes 377
14 Free Kicks 7

Lineups

Aston Villa
Unai Emery 4-2-3-1
VS
Viking
B. Aarsheim 4-3-3

Substitutes — Aston Villa

Substitutes — Viking

24Vetle Auklend 17E. Bassey 30Ľ. Belko 16H. Bjørdal 19A. Cosic 28K. Haugen 3V. Vevatne 23N. Fuglestad 26S. Kvia-Egeskog 11R. Postema 33J. Hansen 25H. Falchener