HJK host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Viktoria Plzeň will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Doosan Aréna before the return leg in 9 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Viktoria Plzeň have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
HJK have less rest than Viktoria Plzeň in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus VPS, was also a home game here at Bolt Arena. The away team is better rested.
HJK form and stats
HJK have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Rigas FS. HJK participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 2nd qualifying round and lost against Malmö FF.HJK are steadily winning Veikkausliiga games and points here at Bolt Arena. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
The HJK followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host VPS and win 3-1.
There will be little rest for HJK after this match as they are travelling to Ilves for a Veikkausliiga game in only three days.
A decent goal production from HJK in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. HJK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Viktoria was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season.Viktoria Plzeň won their last game, 1-0 versus Banik Ostrava played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Banik Ostrava in the Czech Liga.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |  J. Yli-Kokko 1 goals |
HJK missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| HJK | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 51 | ||
| 22 | 17 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 37% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Honka | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Ilves | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Haka | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | VPS | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | SJK | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Lahti | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -20 | 12 |
| 12 | HIFK | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -15 | 7 |
