HJK hosts HB Torshavn in the first leg of the Champions League qualification 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 9th at Telia 5G-Areena (Helsinki)
The traditional champion of the Finnish championship starts a new attempt to get into the group stage of the Champions League. There is an extremely low probability that this goal will be achieved. But so far, the Finnish team is the favorite of the confrontation! HJK has serious problems in the local championship now. The team ranks second and has the same number of points with leading Ilves. But HJK has already played four games more than the competitor, which means that it is potentially 12 points behind the leader. In general, the game of the team is not impressive at all: they score a little, concede a lot, and the goal difference is 18-16 after 16 matches played. And I personally don’t even bother to say that HJK will easily win the upcoming game. Yes, the just the champion of the Faroe Islands is a rival. But you can remember the last season, and then the Finns also played with a champion of the Faroes in the first round of qualification. 2-1, 3-1 - with such scores the Finns won against the Faroes last season. It seems to be confident, but HJK looked much more convincing in the last season!
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Torshavn had nothing to lose because the teams from such countries enjoy the process, and other countries watch what the result will be... Torshavn has not the best fixtures in the local championship, and now the team is in fifth place, but the gap from the leader amounts to 5 points. The team of the Icelandic specialist Heimir Gudjonsson showed perfect scoring in the last rounds of the national championship! 6-4, 5-1, 3-0, 5-0 are the scores of Torshavn's previous four matches. Given the level of their championship, the attack of the team is simply excellent! Will we see the same in the match against the champion of Finland? The Islanders are unlikely to score 3 or 4 goals, but they will definitely not play defense first! This was evident in the last season games of Faroe teams in European cups!
I cannot say that everything is obvious concerning the outcome of the upcoming game. Yes, the hosts will most likely win, but it hard to say whether it will be a confident victory. But I have no doubt in the scoring extravaganza match!
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
