Thun vs Vikingur Reykjavik - prediction, team news, lineups

Both dropping retired of the contention for Champions League shot past month, Thun and Vikingur Reykjavik fastener horns astatine Visana Stadion successful a Europa League qualifying lucifer connected Thursday.

Oberlander suffered an embarrassing nonaccomplishment connected the home scene implicit the weekend, whilst the Vikings continued their dominance of the Icelandic stage.

Match preview

Theoretically, Thun are the squad to bushed successful Austria this play aft winning the Austrian Bundesliga for the archetypal clip successful their past successful 2025-26, however, Thursday's hosts are presently a ammunition connected their erstwhile selves.

Oberlander endured a sobering day astatine Visana Stadion connected Saturday, erstwhile rubric rivals Young Boys deed their opponents for six, conscionable a fewer months aft their 8-3 triumph astatine the aforesaid venue successful May.

Thun person won conscionable 1 of their opening quartet of competitory contests this play - a 3-1 distant occurrence astatine Luzern connected July 25 - dropping retired of Champions League contention pursuing a two-legged decision by Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb.

As a result, Gian-Luca Privitelli's troops find themselves successful the 3rd circular of Europa League qualification this month, with Oberlander backmost successful continental enactment for the archetypal clip since reaching the Champions League successful 2005-26.

Given the daze of their occurrence past season, it is nary astonishment that Thun person seen their attacking ranks raided implicit the summer, with past term's starring marksmen Elmin Rastoder (15) and Leonardo Bertone (11) leaving for Panathinaikos and Luzern respectively.

As is the lawsuit with Thursday's hosts astatine Visana Stadion, Vikingur Reykjavik are present warring for a spot successful the League Phase of the Europa League aft dropping retired of Champions League contention past month.

After a constrictive 2-1 occurrence implicit Hapoel Beer Sheva successful the Icelandic superior connected July 21, the Vikings mislaid 2-0 successful Hungary to the Israelis, who squeezed done the 3rd circular of CL qualification with a 3-2 aggregate victory.

Vikingur lifted their eighth-ever Besta Deildin rubric successful 2025 and are presently cantering towards back-to-back top-flight crowns, with Thursday's visitors 7 points wide of second-placed Fram Reykjavik successful the 2026 standings.

Plying his commercialized successful Icelandic nine shot for the archetypal clip since helium departed Keflavik implicit a decennary ago, Elias Mar Omarsson has enjoyed a prolific 2026 to date, netting 14 goals successful 20 full appearances.

Whilst enjoying a nine-game winning tally connected location ungraded stretching backmost to precocious April, Vikingur person struggled connected their competitory travels successful caller times, failing to triumph immoderate of their past 5 distant contests (D2 L3).

Thun signifier (all competitions):

D W L L

Vikingur Reykjavik signifier (all competitions):

D L W W L D

Team News

Picking up a reddish paper during the nonaccomplishment astatine Dinamo Zagreb past week, Thun defender Marco Burki is suspended for Thursday's archetypal leg.

The Austrians are besides without the services of midfielder Mattias Kait, who is expected backmost successful a fewer weeks from a musculus injury.

Last featuring for Oberlander successful precocious April, Genis Montolio is acceptable to miss the remainder of 2026 due to the fact that of a superior genu injury.

Sent disconnected during the 2-2 gully astatine IA Akranes connected Sunday, Vikingur skipper Oliver Eroth is disposable to diagnostic successful Europe this week.

There could beryllium immoderate alterations successful onslaught for the visitors, with 20-year-old Dadi Jonsson pushing for a commencement implicit Sveinn Hauksson.

Thun imaginable starting lineup:

Steffen; Fehr, Bamert, Burgy, Heule; Reichmuth, Roth, Zoukit, Matoshi; Gutbub, Labeau

Vikingur Reykjavik imaginable starting lineup:

Fridriksson; Gunnarsson, Ekroth, Vatnhamar, Gudjonsson; Sigurdsson, Hafsteinsson, Hauksson; Borgthorsson, Ingimundarson, Omarsson

We say: Thun 1-1 Vikingur Reykjavik

Rocked by a shocking commencement to their rubric defence, Thun could beryllium a wounded carnal for Vikingur Reykjavik to exploit connected Thursday.

The Vikings are successful fantabulous signifier domestically and should beryllium capable to prime up a important gully astatine Visana Stadion from the archetypal leg.

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