It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between HJK and Qarabağ. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
This football pitch has artifical turf, unlike Qarabağ's home stadium. The last nine games by the visitors on artifical turf have given 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
These teams have little in common geographically as Qarabağ have to travel 3200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.
HJK form and stats
Last season, HJK's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bolt Arena as HJK have scored 19 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Veikkausliiga are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The supporters are hoping that HJK will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Europa League fixture against Qarabağ.
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Mariehamn.The manager Korkeakunnas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inter Turku in only three days.
HJK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bolt Arena with 19 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, HJK have conceded only 5 goals.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.Impressive finishing from de Oliveira and Diakhaby secured the home win 3-0 against Turan in their previous game.
A home victory as expected against HJK preceding that, in the Europa League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Araz in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other already this season, with the final score Qarabağ - HJK 2-1 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Keskinen 4 goals |  T. Ollila 2 goals |  A. Tanaka 2 goals |
HJK missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| HJK | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 22 | 53 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 40% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 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 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | HJK | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | SJK | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Oulu | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 5 | VPS | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Honka | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Lahti | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 9 | Ilves | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | KTP | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Haka | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 12 | Mariehamn | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sabah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Sumqayt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Turan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kapaz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Araz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Neftci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Sebail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Qabala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
