There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Viktoria Plzeň and HJK. Game on!
13 - 5 - 6 with 41-24. 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.
It's quite the trip for HJK when visiting Viktoria as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
HJK could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Ilves. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Last season, Viktoria Plzeň's Champions League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Viktoria are returning here after visiting HJK in a Champions League fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Viktoria Plzeň won a home game hosting Banik Ostrava (1-0).Viktoria Plzeň are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 0.
Viktoria are traveling soon after this match as the Czech Liga match at Teplice awaits in four days.
HJK form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rīgas FS in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. HJK was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season, when Malmö FF turned out to be too strong.HJK's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed HJK collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Veikkausliiga. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Total Champions League statistics for HJK: 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
HJK play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ilves.
aweayteam Hara magic won.
A new game in only four days for HJK, the Veikkausliiga home match versus Mariehamn. Busy days.
The visiting HJK have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on HJK as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the sides played each other earlier this season; HJK - Viktoria Plzeň 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |  J. Yli-Kokko 1 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
HJK missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 52 | 39 | Scored | S | 14 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Honka | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Oulu | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | Haka | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Ilves | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | VPS | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | SJK | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -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 |
