Europa League betting and spectator preview: HJK and Real Betis meet at Bolt Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Betis have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the Veikkausliiga. Thankfully the previous game, versus HIFK, was also a home game here at Bolt Arena. The away team is better rested.
HJK form and stats
HJK participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against Fenerbahce.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bolt Arena as HJK have scored 19 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Veikkausliiga are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for HJK.
The HJK followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host HIFK and win 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Koskela when Hostikka scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute.
Ahead of that match, HJK won a home game hosting SJK (1-0).The manager Koskela will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Honka in only three days.
A decent goal production from HJK in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. HJK have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Real Betis form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the round of 16 against Eintracht Frankfurt.Things could have gone better for Real Betis in their La Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Real Betis are travelling again after losing away to Real Madrid in their previous match (1-2). Felipe, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Felipe won 6 of 7 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Osasuna.A quick return to home after this game, as Real Betis are hosting Villarreal in the La Liga only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Real Betis has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Radulovic Samoukovic 7 goals |  C. Terho 4 goals |  A. Olusanya 4 goals |
HJK missing players
Real Betis missing players
| HJK | Real Betis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 58% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 | KuPS | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Honka | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 41 |
| 4 | Haka | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 34 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | SJK | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Oulu | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -5 | 27 |
| 8 | Ilves | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | VPS | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Lahti | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | -23 | 18 |
| 12 | HIFK | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -28 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Valencia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Girona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Almeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 18 | Elche | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Getafe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Cadiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 0 |
