When is the next Viking FK vs Sabah FK match?

The next match between Viking FK and Sabah FK will take place on 4 Nov 2026.

Viking FK - Sabah FK: head to head and statistics

Viking FK are due to face Sabah FK on 4 Nov 2026 in their next match. Our analytical model estimates the win probability for Viking FK at 44%, while Sabah FK are given a 31% chance. Recent form over the last 5 games for Viking FK shows a record of 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 defeat. As for Sabah FK, their recent 5-match run stands at 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. In terms of overall Elo rating, Viking FK hold 1545 points, while Sabah FK record a tally of 1545 points.

Matches 2026/27

4 Nov 2026 4 Nov 2026	Viking FK	44%	25%	31%	Sabah FK	2026/27	Champions League	League phase – Matchday 4

The percentages are calculated based on the difference in team strength according to our own rating system. The model converts this difference into the probability of either team winning, while the probability of a draw depends on how evenly matched the teams are — the smaller the gap in strength, the higher the chance of a draw.

Ranking position – UEFA

	Club		2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26	Total
207		Sabah FK	0.000	0.000	2.000	2.000	2.000	6.000
257		Viking FK	0.000	2.500	0.000	0.000	2.000	4.500

Form in recent games

Viking FK
21 Oct 2026 21 Oct 2026	loss 1:3	🚌	Aston Villa	Champions League	Head-to-head record and team comparison Aston Villa - Viking FK
17 Oct 2026 17 Oct 2026	win 3:2	🏠	Fredrikstad FK	Eliteserien
13 Oct 2026 13 Oct 2026	draw 3:3	🏠	Bayern Munich	Champions League
9 Oct 2026 9 Oct 2026	win 2:0	🚌	SK Brann	Eliteserien
20 Sep 2026 20 Sep 2026	win 3:0	🏠	Lillestrøm SK	Eliteserien

Sabah FK
20 Oct 2026 20 Oct 2026	loss 1:2	🏠	Borussia Dortmund	Champions League	Head-to-head record and team comparison Sabah FK - Borussia Dortmund
17 Oct 2026 17 Oct 2026	win 4:0	🚌	Qabala FC	Premyer Liqası
13 Oct 2026 13 Oct 2026	win 2:0	🏠	Slavia Prague	Champions League
9 Oct 2026 9 Oct 2026	draw 0:0	🚌	Neftchi PFK	Premyer Liqası
19 Sep 2026 19 Sep 2026	win 3:1	🏠	FC Imishli	Premyer Liqası

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Elo Ranking

	Club		Elo	Last changes
120		Viking FK	1545	21 Oct 2026 1:3 vs Aston Villa Champions League League phase -4.66	17 Oct 2026 3:2 vs Fredrikstad FK Eliteserien +2.68	13 Oct 2026 3:3 vs Bayern Munich Champions League League phase +16.50	9 Oct 2026 2:0 vs SK Brann Eliteserien +9.09	20 Sep 2026 3:0 vs Lillestrøm SK Eliteserien +3.38	13 Sep 2026 8:1 vs Kristiansund BK Eliteserien +2.82	9 Sep 2026 1:3 vs VfB Stuttgart Champions League League phase -8.55	4 Sep 2026 1:1 vs Sandefjord Fotball Eliteserien -4.93	2 Sep 2026 3:1 vs IL Brodd Domestic cup Round 1 +1.49	30 Aug 2026 2:1 vs Aalesunds FK Eliteserien +1.33
121		Sabah FK	1545	20 Oct 2026 1:2 vs Borussia Dortmund Champions League League phase -11.88	17 Oct 2026 4:0 vs Qabala FC Premyer Liqası +3.44	13 Oct 2026 2:0 vs Slavia Prague Champions League League phase +20.75	9 Oct 2026 0:0 vs Neftchi PFK Premyer Liqası -1.44	19 Sep 2026 3:1 vs FC Imishli Premyer Liqası +2.15	14 Sep 2026 3:0 vs Shafa Baku Premyer Liqası +3.15	10 Sep 2026 0:4 vs Manchester United Champions League League phase -6.51	5 Sep 2026 5:0 vs Zira FC Premyer Liqası +6.41	31 Aug 2026 1:0 vs Araz-Nakhchivan Premyer Liqası +5.07	25 Aug 2026 5:2 vs Hapoel Beer Sheva Champions League Qualifications - Play-off +15.84

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In the last 30 days, Viking FK gained 23.61 pts in Elo rating. That figure indicates an increase in form. The largest gain in that period was +16.50 pts after the match against Bayern Munich (3:3, 13 Oct 2026), and the biggest loss in that period was -4.66 pts after the match against Aston Villa (1:3, 21 Oct 2026). In the last 30 days, Sabah FK gained 10.87 pts in Elo rating. That figure indicates an increase in form. The largest gain in that period was +20.75 pts after the match against Slavia Prague (2:0, 13 Oct 2026), and the biggest loss in that period was -11.88 pts after the match against Borussia Dortmund (1:2, 20 Oct 2026). Read more about our methodology »

Norway - Azerbaijan

7 Nov 2024 7 Nov 2024	FK Bodø/Glimt	1:2	Qarabağ FK	2024/25	Europa League	Group phase – Matchday 4
30 Nov 2023 30 Nov 2023	Molde FK	2:2	Qarabağ FK	2023/24	Europa League	Group phase – Matchday 5
21 Sep 2023 21 Sep 2023	Qarabağ FK	1:0	Molde FK	2023/24	Europa League	Group phase – Matchday 1

Viking FK - Sabah FK, 4 Nov 2026

A clash between two of the more unusual stories of this year's Champions League league phase arrives on Matchday 4, as Viking host Sabah. Norway's champions are competing in the Champions League for the very first time in their history, having previously featured in a European group stage only once, back in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup. Their qualification, achieved by overturning a 2-2 first-leg deficit against Dinamo Zagreb with a 3-1 home win, was widely regarded as one of the surprises of the play-off round and forced the club into a series of hurried, record-breaking signings to strengthen the squad for the campaign ahead.

Sabah, founded in the Azerbaijani capital as recently as 2017, represent an almost equally improbable story from the opposite direction: a club built quickly and ambitiously, reaching the league phase just nine years after its formation. By its own admission, the club is not even the financially strongest project in Azerbaijani football, yet its progress through qualifying has been one of the more talked-about paths to this season's competition. Where Viking carry a long, mostly quiet European history stretching back decades, Sabah arrives with almost no continental pedigree at all, making this meeting less a clash of tradition and more one of two very different routes to the same stage – an established Scandinavian club finally breaking through, against a young project still writing its first chapter.