The first leg ended HJK-Molde 1-0. All is set for the decider in this Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
These teams have little in common geographically as HJK have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Molde form and stats
Molde have performed here at Aker Stadion this season with 6 wins from 8 Eliteserien matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
A strong away win for Molde against Stabæk the last match, as Berisha were on target. The striker Kitolano was declared "man of the match" for Molde with a rating of 7.6/10. Kitolano hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against HJK in the Champions League.
Molde are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (22 goals in 8 games). Molde are not conceding a lot of goals here at Aker Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
HJK form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Larne in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Viktoria Plzen.Playing away, HJK have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Veikkausliiga this season. Total Champions League statistics for HJK: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
HJK play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting SJK. Olusanya came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against SJK last time out, making the manager Korkeakunnas feel like a tactical genius.
Before that game, the win at home against Molde in the Champions League (1-0).
A quick return to home after this game, as HJK are hosting Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga only three days away.
The visiting HJK have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. HJK have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: HJK - Molde 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Brynhildsen 7 goals |  E. Breivik 6 goals |  M. Retsius Grødem 4 goals |
Molde missing players
HJK missing players
| Molde | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 61 | 30 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.6 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | Bodø / Glimt | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | Molde | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 3 | Viking | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Brann | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | HamKam | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Vålerenga | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -25 | 7 |
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | HJK | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | KuPS | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Oulu | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | VPS | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Honka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Ilves | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | KTP | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Lahti | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Haka | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -13 | 12 |
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