In the third round of the Champions League on October 21, Aston Villa will play Viking on their field in Birmingham. The Lions played out after an unsuccessful start and went on a five-match winless streak. The Norwegians sensationally took points from Bayern in the last round of the Champions League. We understand the betting tip, who has the best chance of winning today and which bets to pay attention to
Command Analysis
Aston Villa
Current form
Under the leadership of Unai Emery, Aston Villa has had a difficult start to the first season, has been looking for a game for a long time, but then it gains momentum. Nothing has changed this time. There was not a single victory in the four official opening matches, taking into account all tournaments. However, the Lions are now on a five-match winless streak. Emery's team has not lost a single point in the Champions League yet: they defeated Brugge 3-2 on the road and defeated Fenerbahce 6-0 at home. In the last match in the Premier League, Aston Villa scored a difficult away victory over Newcastle with a minimum score of 1-0 and is in 12th place in the table.
Disqualifications and injuries
Onana, Matsen, Ruggeri and Van Bissaka are injured, while Manzambi and Hemmings are questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In three of the last five matches, Aston Villa have won in the first half.
In 8 of the 10 previous matches involving Birmingham, more than three offsides were recorded.
Viking was unable to match Stuttgart on the road at the start of the main stage of the Champions League, and was defeated with a score of 0:3. It seemed that in the second round, in the home game against Bayern, a crushing defeat could not be avoided. However, the Norwegians presented a surprise and drew 3:3. In that match, the wards of Bjarte Lunde Orsheim and Morten Jensen led 2-0 after the first half, conceded three times in the second 45 minutes, but after being eliminated by Munich, they were able to even the score in the end. In the Norwegian championship, Viking is in second place after 23 rounds, second only to Bud Glimt in additional indicators.
Disqualifications and injuries
Viking has Bertelsen, Bjershol, Roset, D'Agostino and Berisha on the injured list.
Interesting betting trends
In three consecutive matches with Viking, more than one goal was scored in the first half.
Viking players fouled more often than their opponents in five of the last six matches.
Viking took points from Bayern in the last round, scored three goals. However, one should not overestimate that success, since the match was held at home, the Norwegians were noticeably inferior in the game, and they were lucky in many ways. On the road before that, they couldn't do anything against Stuttgart.
Aston Villa has been improving significantly over the course of the season, going on a five-match winless streak, and scored two wins in the Champions League, scoring a total of nine goals against Brugge and Fenerbahce. Unai Emery's players are playing, they have experience and a decent advantage in class on their side, which should be enough for a confident victory today.
Our prediction is that Aston Villa will win with an Asian handicap (-2) by a factor of 1.96
In the last two matches, Aston Villa have not conceded a single goal from Fenerbahce and Newcastle. Viking is not so dangerous in attack on a visit, which was noticeable in the match against Stuttgart. We believe that the Norwegians will remain without scoring goals today.
The second bet is that Viking will not score with a coefficient of 2.42
Betting on corners
Aston Villa will obviously play number one on their own field, and they will spend a lot of time at other people's gates. In this scenario, there is a high probability of a convincing victory for Birmingham on corners, especially since, according to statistics, they did not lose to their opponents in seven of the eight previous matches.
Prediction – Aston Villa win on corners with a handicap (-3.5) with a coefficient of 1.73
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Zion Suzuki