It's game one of two in the Champions League as HJK host Rīgas FS. This is a 1st Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Bolt Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Rīgas FS have had more rest.
HJK form and stats
Last season, HJK's Champions League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Malmö FF.4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HJK so far this season.
The spoils were shared in HJK's previous game, also at home. Visiting KuPS travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Radulović was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against KuPS after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The HJK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. HJK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Virsliga.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Rīgas FS goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Rīgas FS are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the match against FC Daugavpils / Progress. As you can tell from the results above, Rīgas was very dominant against FC Daugavpils / Progress, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Mareš, Deocleciano and Rakels (2) providing the goals.
Preceding that game was the away Virsliga victory against Spartaks Jurmala with the score of 2-0.A new game in only three days for Rīgas FS, the Latvian Cup home match versus Spartaks Jurmala. Busy days.
Rīgas are a potent attacking force on the road with their 27 goals in 10 league games. 12 goals have been conceded by Rīgas FS in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 12 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 6 goals | P. Mareš 5 goals |
HJK missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| HJK | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 35 | 58 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12.6 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 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 | KuPS | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | HJK | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Honka | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Oulu | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 18 |
| 6 | VPS | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 16 |
| 7 | Ilves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Haka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 9 | SJK | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Lahti | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | HIFK | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 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 | Valmiera / BSS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 31 | 45 |
| 3 | Riga | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Auda | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 7 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 14 |
| 8 | Tukums | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -24 | 14 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -31 | 5 |
