Viking vs Sabah prediction and preview
Champions League · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 20:00 UTC
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Viking vs Sabah
Champions League · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger
Viking vs Sabah preview
Viking host Sabah in the Champions League on Wednesday 4 November 2026, kick-off 20:00 UTC at SR-Bank Arena in Stavanger. Viking are 33rd in the table with 1 point from 3, while Sabah go into the round 25th, on 3 points from 3 games.
Viking come into the game with a L-D-L-W-D run in the league (1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5), while Sabah's recent sequence reads L-W-L-W-L. Over their last 5, Viking have scored 2.0 and conceded 2.4 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Sabah average 1.8 scored and 1.7 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
Viking list 5 absentees, including Anders Bærtelsen (injury), Veton Berisha (injury) and Martin Ove Roseth (injury). Sander van der Eijk is the appointed referee. Across 19 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.9 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 42% of those games.
Bookmaker prices make Viking clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.
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Viking expected line-up (4-3-3)
Arild Østbø, Henrik Heggheim, Gianni Stensness, Jesper Daland, Kristoffer Haugen, Tobias Moi, Joe Bell, Kristoffer Askildsen, Peter Christiansen, Erik Botheim, Zlatko Tripic
Sabah expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stas Pokatilov, Akim Zedadka, Steve Solvet, Aden McCarthy, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Umarali Rakhmonaliev, Ivan Lepinjica, Kaheem Parris, Du Queiroz, Christian Nwachukwu, Joy-Lance Mickels
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