It's game one of two in the Europa League as Fenerbahçe host HJK. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's no vacation for neither Fenerbahçe nor HJK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It should be mentioned that HJK play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for HJK on grass are 14 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 43-29. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for HJK when visiting Fenerbahçe as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Fenerbahçe form and stats
Happy days for Fenerbahçe in their previous game, a Super Lig match away at Adana Demirspor that ended with a 1-0 victory. The goalie Altay Bayındır was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.65 out of ten. Bayındır stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Fenerbahçe goalkeeper Altay Bayındır did an outstanding job against Adana Demirspor with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Kayserispor and winning 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fenerbahçe, as the Super Lig home game vs Antalyaspor is only three days away.
HJK form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Neftci in order to reach play-offs of Europa League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Veikkausliiga.
374 minutes! That's how long the HJK goalkeeper Jakob Tånnander and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
HJK go into this game after a win, the home game against Mariehamn that ended 1-0.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Neftci in the Europa League.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for HJK we find one game. Results are zero HJK wins, zero draws and one defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Veikkausliiga trip to Lahti.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far HJK have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. HJK's manager T. Koskela has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Valenčič 6 goals |  R. Riski 4 goals |  A. Olusanya 3 goals |
Fenerbahçe missing players
HJK missing players
| Fenerbahçe | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 7.8 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.1 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Altay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Besiktas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Fatih Karagumruk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Fenerbahçe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Antalyaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Goztepe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hatayspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kasimpasa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Galatasaray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Giresunspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Trabzonspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Adana Demirspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Kayserispor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Lahti | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | SJK | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | HIFK | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Ilves | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Haka | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Oulu | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 12 | KTP | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 8 |