Vikingur Reykjavik vs Gyori ETO - prediction, team news, lineups

The quest for a spot successful the 2026-27 Champions League begins connected Tuesday arsenic Vikingur Reykjavik and Gyori ETO conscionable successful the archetypal limb of their opening-round qualifier.

Both sides are reigning home champions, Vikingur successful Iceland and Gyor successful Hungary, and present question to marque their debut successful Europe’s premier nine competition.

Match preview

Back successful the apical formation pursuing a 10-year absence, Gyori ETO amazed galore by clinching a Conference League play-off spot successful the 2024-25 play with a fourth-place finish. Yet fewer could person predicted their singular title-winning tally conscionable 1 twelvemonth later.

Balazs Borbely’s broadside held their nervus to look victorious successful 1 of the closest rubric races successful Hungarian shot history, earlier the 46-year-old, who has since taken the reins astatine past season's runners-up Ferencvaros, was replaced by Efrain Juarez.

Zold-feherek present person their archetypal accidental to unafraid Champions League shot since 2013, erstwhile they were eliminated by Maccabi Tel-Aviv successful the qualifiers.

Gyori ETO returned to pre-season work 3 weeks ago, playing retired a 2-2 gully and a 2-1 triumph against Grazer AK and Vojvodina, respectively, up of their archetypal competitory crippled successful astir 2 months.

In contrast, their opponents were successful league enactment arsenic precocious arsenic July 2, truthful Tuesday’s visitors volition request to flooded immoderate spread successful competitory sharpness if they are to enactment themselves successful a beardown presumption to advancement and acceptable up a second-round gathering with Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

After concisely relinquishing their league rubric to Breidablik, Vikingur rapidly reclaimed their presumption arsenic the squad to bushed successful Iceland, finishing 12 points wide of Valur to unafraid the 2025 crown, propelled by a six-game winning streak to extremity the season.

Solvi Geir’s broadside person maintained their beardown signifier into the existent campaign, leaving them connected people for a 4th rubric successful six years.

The absorption present shifts to the Champions League qualifiers, arsenic they look to amended connected first-round exits successful each of the past 2 attempts, the astir caller being a 2-1 decision to Shamrock Rovers successful 2024.

Having won 15 of their past 16 matches successful each competitions, Vikingur person each crushed to beryllium optimistic astir a stronger continental tally this clip around. However, antiaircraft vulnerabilities stay a concern, with six goals conceded successful their past 3 outings.

Tuesday’s clash marks Vikingur’s third-ever gathering with Gyori, though their erstwhile encounters - immoderate 42 years agone - ended successful decision successful some legs of a European Cup tie.

With the instrumentality limb to travel adjacent week, the onus is connected Vikingur to prehend the inaugural astatine home, wherever they are unbeaten successful 15 outings since the crook of the twelvemonth (W12, D3).

Vikingur Reykjavik signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Recent summertime signing Ogmundur Kristinsson made his Vikingur debut disconnected the seat against Akureyri, replacing first-choice goalkeeper Aron Snaer Fridriksson, who was forced disconnected with an wounded successful the last 20 minutes.

If Fridriksson is ruled retired for Tuesday, 37-year-old Kristinsson is acceptable to marque his archetypal commencement betwixt the sticks since October 2025.

Gylfi Sigurdsson has scored successful each of his past 2 starts for the location broadside and volition beryllium looking to present the goods successful onslaught erstwhile again.

Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali recorded 15 goals and 5 assists for Gyori ETO past season, but the guardant is improbable to feature, having lone conscionable returned from planetary work with Algeria astatine the ongoing World Cup.

Following his imperishable determination aft a one-year loan, Szabolcs Schon has firmly established himself arsenic a cardinal fig for the visitors.

Vikingur Reykjavik imaginable starting lineup:

Kristinsson; Atlason, Ekroth, Vatnhamar, Gudjonsson; Borgthorsson, Ingimundarson, Ibrahimagic, Sigurdsson; Omarsson, Thrandarson

Gyori ETO imaginable starting lineup:

Petras; Stefulj, Csinger, Krpic, Vladoiu; Vitalis, Toth; Bumba, Gavric, Banati; Njie

We say: Vikingur Reykjavik 2-0 Gyori ETO

A formidable unit astatine home, Vikingur person momentum and lucifer sharpness connected their side, with their home league continuing during the World Cup.

We expect the hosts to instrumentality a important measurement towards the 2nd circular of qualifying with a regular first-leg victory.

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