Aston Villa vs Viking FK Prediction: a narrow Aston Villa win

The prediction

Model backs Over 2.5 at 64% — combined xG 3.4.

Every market we call on this match

• Over 1.5 goalsOver 1.5 goals tips today83%1.20
• Aston Villa or Viking FKDouble chance tips today77%1.30
• Over 8.5 cornersCorners tips today67%1.49
• Over 2.5 goalsOver 2.5 goals tips today64%1.56
• Both teams to scoreBoth teams to score tips today62%1.61
• Correct score 1-1Correct score tips today9.8%10.20

Odds shown are implied by the model's own probability, not quoted from a bookmaker. Markets missing from this list are ones the numbers did not clear the bar on.

The reasoning

On the match result it splits close to evenly, 40 percent Aston Villa, 23 percent the draw and 37 percent Viking FK. That is a fixture the model will not call a winner in, and the honest read is that the value sits in the other markets rather than on the result. The model expects roughly 1.7 goals from Aston Villa and 1.6 from Viking FK, a combined 3.4, which points to an open game rather than a tight one. Five markets clear our bar on this fixture, led by Over 1.5 goals at 83 percent, Aston Villa or Viking FK at 77 percent and Over 8.5 corners at 67 percent. The most likely exact scoreline is 1-1, though at 9.8 percent that is a long shot by the nature of the correct score market. It does not publish a pick on match result here, which means the numbers did not clear the bar rather than that we forgot to look. A market with no pick is the model saying it sees no edge.

Generated from the same form, expected goals and head-to-head data that produced the picks above. How the model works.

Full-time result probabilities

Expected goals

Aston Villa1.72

Viking FK1.65

Expected goals estimate how many each side should score given the chances the model projects they will create and concede.