Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Larne - HJK clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 19.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Solitude (6224 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round meeting between Larne and HJK. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

11 - 9 - 9 with 35-44. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for HJK when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. HJK play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Larne form and stats

The fans are hoping that Larne will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against HJK.

Heartbreak before that as Larne lost 0-3 at Coleraine's place.

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HJK form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Viktoria Plzen.

Playing away, HJK have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Veikkausliiga this season.

The followers enjoyed HJK's previous game versus Larne, a Champions League win (1-0) played at home.

A 0-1 loss hosting Lahti before that.

A new game in only three days for HJK, the Veikkausliiga home match versus Ilves. Busy days.

HJK have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, HJK have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: HJK - Larne 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

HJKT. Keskinen
T. Keskinen
4 goals
HJKT. Ollila
T. Ollila
2 goals
HJKA. Tanaka
A. Tanaka
2 goals

Larne missing players

HJK missing players

Larne HJK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   10 25
16 8   Won W   3 13
5 3   Drew D   5 9
4 2   Lost L   2 3
48 24   Scored S   12 43
14 8   Conceded C   14 22
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
76% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 76%
40% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 44%
16% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 24%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
20% 31%   BTTS BTTS   70% 52%
64% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 40%
28% 23%   Failed to Score F T   20% 16%
 
5.6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.3
2.6 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.6
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.4 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9
4.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
40% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 41%
 
4 3.7   Shots against (avg) S A   7.5 6.6
1.8 1.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 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 16 10 1 5 21 10 9 5 0 4 10 6 7 5 1 1 11 4 11 31
2 SJK 14 9 4 1 18 8 8 6 1 1 10 7 6 3 3 0 8 1 10 31
3 HJK 16 7 7 2 24 12 8 5 2 1 14 3 8 2 5 1 10 9 12 28
4 Oulu 15 8 3 4 25 20 7 3 1 3 10 12 8 5 2 1 15 8 5 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 13 5 3 5 18 20 6 4 1 1 10 5 7 1 2 4 8 15 -2 18
7 KTP 15 4 5 6 12 16 8 3 3 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 4 8 -4 17
8 Ilves 14 3 7 4 14 14 7 2 4 1 9 8 7 1 3 3 5 6 0 16
9 VPS 15 4 3 8 12 18 7 2 2 3 5 6 8 2 1 5 7 12 -6 15
10 Lahti 13 3 4 6 12 19 5 1 1 3 6 8 8 2 3 3 6 11 -7 13
11 Haka 15 2 6 7 17 27 7 1 6 0 13 11 8 1 0 7 4 16 -10 12
12 Mariehamn 14 2 4 8 13 21 8 1 3 4 6 11 6 1 1 4 7 10 -8 10

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.