It's game one of two in the Champions League as HJK host Budućnost. This is a 1st Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Budućnost play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Budućnost when playing on artifical turf are 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from three matches. They have scored 5 goals and conceded 1 time in these games.
Budućnost have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
HJK form and stats
Last season, HJK's Champions League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.HJK have played 5 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). HJK haven’t lost a league-game in 19 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus HIFK, 299 days ago.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maksim Rudakov not having conceded a league goal in 234 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for HJK, who won 1-0 against HIFK.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against KTP.HJK are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Bolt Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. HJK are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bolt Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Budućnost form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round.Budućnost have an excellent away record in the First League so far with 14-2-2 from 18 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mladost Ljeskopolje game have they lost an away game, meaning Budućnost has taken points from 16 away matches in a row.
Budućnost play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Zeta. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Budućnost, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Jezero in the First League.The travelling fans enjoy Budućnost's attacking play in away games, having scored 34 goals in 18 league matches away. Budućnost are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 4 goals |  F. Valenčič 4 goals |  L. Farinhas Taffner 3 goals |
HJK missing players
Budućnost missing players
| HJK | Budućnost | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 60 | 40 | Scored | S | 25 | 48 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | KuPS | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | SJK | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Lahti | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | HIFK | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Ilves | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Honka | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Haka | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 6 |
| 11 | KTP | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 12 | Oulu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Budućnost | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 36 | 85 |
| 2 | Sutjeska | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Decic | 36 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 54 |
| 4 | Mladost Ljeskopolje | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 52 |
| 5 | Jezero | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 45 |
| 6 | Zeta | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | -7 | 45 |
| 7 | Rudar | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 45 |
| 8 | Iskra | 36 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Petrovac | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 32 |
| 10 | Mladost | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 30 | -28 | 31 |