VfB Stuttgart vs Viking Prediction (09.09.2026)

After finishing fourth in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart returns to the group stage of the Champions League. They will try to improve on their performance in the tournament from two seasons ago, when they narrowly missed out on advancing from the group. They started the season with a heavy loss away to Bayern in the league, but responded well with a 4:1 home victory against Cologne just a few days ago.

Viking made it this far after winning their first title in Norway since 1991, and in the playoff before the group stage, they eliminated Dinamo Zagreb with an aggregate score of 5:3, becoming only the fourth Norwegian team to reach the group stage of the tournament since its reformation in 1992. Viking is in good form with only one loss in their last 11 matches across all competitions. Their matches are high-scoring, with 10 of the last 11 games featuring both teams scoring.

The two teams tend to have high-scoring matches. Nevertheless, Stuttgart is the expected favorite for the win, and I believe they will achieve it in a goal-filled encounter, with Viking likely to score as well.

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