Viking FK vs Sabah - prediction, team news, lineups

Viking FK volition big Sabah successful the Champions League connected Wednesday evening, with some sides bidding to enactment a invaluable 3 points connected the board.

Sabah are 25th successful the wide Champions League table, picking up 3 points from 3 matches, portion Viking inhabit 33rd, claiming 1 constituent from 3 games.

Match preview

Viking volition participate Wednesday's European fixture disconnected the backmost of a 3-2 decision to Bodo/Glimt successful the Eliteserien, but they stay apical of their home table, boasting 59 points from 25 matches.

The Dark Blues are playing successful the Champions League for the archetypal clip since 1992-93, erstwhile they were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona successful the archetypal circular of the tournament.

The Norwegian outfit, who are jointly-managed by Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen, opened their Champions League league signifier run with a 3-1 decision to Stuttgart.

Viking past held Bayern Munich to a 3-3 draw, earlier suffering a 3-1 decision to Aston Villa successful the contention past clip out, and 1 constituent from 3 games has near them successful 33rd position.

The Dark Blues person scored successful each of their past 11 European matches, which is simply a nine record, portion each of their past 7 location games person produced astatine slightest 3 goals.

Sabah, meanwhile, opened their Champions League league signifier run with a 4-0 decision to Manchester United astatine Old Trafford.

Valdas Dambrauskas' broadside past recorded a 2-0 triumph implicit Slavia Prague successful their 2nd match, earlier suffering a 2-1 location decision to Borussia Dortmund past clip out, and 3 points has near them successful 25th presumption successful the Champions League table.

The Owls volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-2 decision to Turan successful the Azerbaijan Premier League, which has near them successful 2nd spot successful the part down Neftci Baku.

Sabah had ne'er played successful the European Cup earlier this season, and this is conscionable their 4th European campaign, antecedently failing to beforehand past the qualifying rounds of the Conference League oregon Europa League.

The Azerbaijani outfit volition besides look Barcelona, Villarreal, Napoli and Arsenal earlier the extremity of the Champions League league stage.

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Team News

Viking volition beryllium without the services of Anders Baertelsen (foot), Veton Berisha (thigh), Sondre Bjorshol (knee), Nick D'Agostino (knee) and Martin Ove Roseth (muscular) for Wednesday's European contest.

Peter Christiansen has been successful fantabulous signifier this season, scoring 15 goals and registering 9 assists successful 27 appearances, and the 26-year-old volition proceed successful the last third.

There is besides acceptable to beryllium a spot successful the broadside for Zlatko Tripic, who has netted 7 goals and registered 24 assists successful 31 appearances for the hosts successful each competitions.

As for Sabah, Veljko Simic (unspecified) needs to beryllium assessed up of kickoff, but the visitors are different successful beardown signifier successful presumption of their squad.

Joy-Lance Mickels has been successful awesome signifier for Sabah this term, netting 11 goals successful 20 appearances, and the 32-year-old volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field.

There should besides beryllium a presumption successful the last 3rd of the tract for Kaheem Parris, who has travel up with 3 goals successful 15 appearances during the existent season.

Viking FK imaginable starting lineup:

Ostbo; Heggheim, Stensness, Falchener, Kristoffer Haugen; Bjordal, Bell, Askildsen; Christiansen, Botheim, Tripic

Sabah imaginable starting lineup:

Pokatilov; Zedadka, Solvet, Dashdamirov, Puchacz; Rakhmonaliev, Lepinjica, Khaibulaev; Parris, Mickels, Nwachukwu

We say: Viking FK 2-2 Sabah

This has the makings of a precise unfastened and entertaining Champions League contest, and we are backing the 2 teams to unafraid a stock of the spoils connected Wednesday.

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