HJK take on the visitors RFS in the first leg of round of 16 in UEFA Champions League qualification. The match will be played on Wednesday, July 6th at Bolt Arena (Helsinki).
HJK approaching the start of the Champions League is not without problems. The "Club" is considered the strongest team in his country. They have 31 championship titles, and in 2020 and 2021 they managed to take sets of gold medals. Moreover, it was the representative of Helsinki who had the experience of playing at the level of the European Cup group stages. So it was even in the Champions League, however, already in 1998, and relatively recently the Finns played in the main round of the Europa League. In 2021, HJK, having consistently taken off from the second opponent in both familiar European competitions, played in the Conference League quartet. But even there they won only at Alashkert, finishing in 3rd position.
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RFS is a fairly new name in Latvian football. The Blues were founded only at the beginning of the new century. And they hung out for a long time, if not in the Second, then in the First League. And only because of financial problems of Skonto they managed to win the right to try himself in the Latvian elite league in 2016. There it turned out to gradually add: 6th place, 5th, "bronze", then a couple of "silver" medals and, finally, "gold double" -2021. By the way, now there is practically no chance to stay on the top. Behind already 2 dozen rounds, and RFS is 2nd in the table and battle against Riga and Liepaja. Then Valmiera went into the gap, which practically does not lose points and is clearly set on the title. It is more important to prove themselves at the European level. By the way, there the Latvians last year, within the framework of the qualification of the League of Conferences, passed Klaksvik and Puskas Academy.
At the official level, there were no games, which is not surprising, because RFS only recently began to play in European competitions. But there were friendly matches in 2020 and 2022 in which the clubs exchanged victories. HJK is seen as the clear favorite for the home meeting. But the recent failures of the Finns in the domestic arena should switch to a neutral offer "total over 2.5 goals"
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
