HJK and Molde will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Molde have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
HJK form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for HJK, as the manager Korkeakunnas led his troops to eliminate Larne, and reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Viktoria Plzen.HJK have performed here at Bolt Arena this season with 6 wins from 9 Veikkausliiga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
The HJK supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Ilves and win 1-0.
In the game before, 2-2 away to Larne (after extra-time) (Champions League).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for HJK as they are travelling to their away game against SJK in the Veikkausliiga. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from HJK in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. HJK have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Molde form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Molde are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the game against Sarpsborg 08. As mentioned above, Molde was the only team on the pitch versus Sarpsborg 08 in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Kitolano's lethal finishing against Sarpsborg 08. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Kitolano, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.8. Kitolano scored three goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Vålerenga.Molde have another match that requires travelling in just four days, a Eliteserien game versus Stabæk. A rough diary for the visiting team!
Molde's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Brynhildsen 7 goals |  E. Breivik 6 goals |   T. Keskinen 4 goals |
HJK missing players
Molde missing players
| HJK | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 34 | 64 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SJK | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | HJK | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Oulu | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Honka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | VPS | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Ilves | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | KTP | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Lahti | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Haka | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 | Mariehamn | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Viking | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Brann | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Molde | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Odd | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Stabæk | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | HamKam | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 13 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -23 | 7 |
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