Vikingur Reykjavik vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva - prediction, team news, lineups

Israeli champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva get their UEFA Champions League qualifying run underway erstwhile they travel to Vikingsvollur to look Iceland champions Vikingur Reykjavik successful the archetypal limb of the 2nd circular connected Tuesday.

The location broadside dug heavy to narrowly spot disconnected Hungarian outfit Gyor successful the archetypal qualifying circular and volition look to physique connected that effect arsenic they pursuit a archetypal quality successful the radical signifier of Europe's elite nine competition.

Match preview

A melodramatic 92nd-minute victor from Nikolaj Hansen successful the archetypal limb against Gyor astatine Vikingsvollur proved to beryllium the onslaught that sent Vikingur Reykjavik done to the Champions League 2nd qualifying circular arsenic they claimed the necktie 3-2 connected aggregate aft a four-goal thriller successful past Tuesday's 2nd leg.

Gyor recovered themselves trailing again successful beforehand of their location supporters erstwhile Daniel Hafsteinsson opened the scoring successful the 34th minute, and aft warring backmost into the necktie done an ain extremity from Sveinn Gíisli Porkelsson and Milan Vitalis's 38th-minute penalty, experienced midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson netted successful the 55th infinitesimal to enactment the visitors successful beforehand and manus them an aggregate win.

Vikingur Reykjavik person present equalled their champion show successful the UCL qualifiers by reaching the 2nd qualifying round, a feat they archetypal achieved successful the 2024-25 campaign, but assurance was dented astatine the play erstwhile they fell to a 2-1 decision against Por Akureyri successful the league.

Solvi Geir's men had won each of their erstwhile 12 Iceland Besta-deild karla matches and were unbeaten successful 22 consecutive games, claiming 20 wins and 2 draws, a tally which saw them clinch the league rubric past play with 2 games to spare and 12 points wide of runners-up Valur.

However, fixed their outstanding tally connected their ain patch, Vikingur Reykjavik volition fancy their chances of bouncing backmost connected Tuesday astatine Vikingsvollur, wherever they are connected a tally of 23 consecutive games without decision crossed each competitions, picking up an awesome 19 wins and 4 draws since a 4-2 nonaccomplishment against Stjarnan Gardabaer successful August 2025.

Meanwhile, hopes of a affirmative commencement to the 2026-27 run were dashed for Hapoel Be'er Sheva arsenic they kicked disconnected the caller play with a 3-1 decision astatine the hands of Maccabi Tel Aviv successful the Israeli Super Cup past Thursday.
After falling down to Saied Abu Farchi's 10th-minute opener, Kings Kangwa levelled the scores with a superb decorativeness 5 minutes later, but second-half goals from Dor Peretz and Farchi's 2nd of the crippled saw Maccabi Tel Aviv clinch the archetypal home silverware of the season.

This was successful keeping with their uninspiring tally of results successful pre-season, with Hapoel Be'er Sheva managing conscionable 1 triumph from their 3 matches, which came connected July 1, erstwhile they fought backmost from 2 goals down to assertion a 3-2 triumph implicit Polish outfit Radomiak Radom.

Ran Kozuch's men caput into the caller run aiming to transportation connected with the momentum from past season, erstwhile they clinched the Israeli Premier League crown - their sixth league rubric and a archetypal since 2018.

The contiguous extremity for Hapoel is to suffice for a historical archetypal quality successful the Champions League radical stages, having travel closest successful the 2017-18 campaign, erstwhile they reached the playoff circular earlier suffering a dense 5-2 connected aggregate nonaccomplishment to Maribor.

Vikingur Reykjavik Champions League form:

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Team News

Vikingur Reykjavik stay without the services of seasoned goalkeeper Ingvar Jonsson, who has been ruled retired since May done a terrible wellness condition.

Robert Orri Porkels was forced disconnected injured midway done the crippled against Por Akureyri connected Saturday done wounded and the 24-year-old defender is simply a uncertainty for Tuesday's matchup.

Sigurdsson was a prima performer successful the 2nd limb against Gyor past Tuesday erstwhile helium acceptable up the opener and netted the equaliser, and the erstwhile Everton antheral volition look to present the goods erstwhile again.

Kangwa was instrumental successful Hapoel's rubric tally past season, with the 27-year-old racking up 21 extremity involvements successful the league, and the Zambian guardant volition beryllium 1 to support an oculus connected astatine Vikingsvollur.

The Israeli outfit person brought successful caller faces this summer, and aft making their debuts disconnected the seat against Tel Aviv past clip out, Niv Yehoshua and Brazilian guardant Joao Victor volition beryllium pushing for starting roles connected Tuesday.

Vikingur Reykjavik imaginable starting lineup:

Kristinsson; Gunnarsson, Ekroth, Porkelsson, Gudjonsson; Ibrahimagic, Hafsteinsson, Sigurdsson, Ingimundarson, Hansen, Borgporsson

Hapoel Be'er Sheva imaginable starting lineup:

Marciano, Mizrahi, Vitor, Blorian, Lopes, Ventura, Peretz, Ganah, Kangwa, Zlatanovic, Levy

We say: Vikingur Reykjavik 2-1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Vikingur showed their mettle to get past Gyor successful the archetypal limb and they are successful for different pugnacious situation successful a much experienced Hapoel Be'er Sheva broadside looking to bounce backmost pursuing their Super Cup heartbreak.

While we expect Hapoel to enactment up a fight, Vikingur person proven impenetrable astatine Vikingsvollur, and with their location fans cheering them on, we spot them winning the idiosyncratic battles to instrumentality the archetypal leg.

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