Riga FC hosts HJK in the first leg of the Europa League qualification semifinals. The match will be played on Tuesday, August 6th at Daugavas stadions (Riga)
FC Riga is only 4 years old, and it has been already participating in the qualification of the Europa League for the second time. And the club began its current Euro tournament with the Champions League, from where it relegated in round 1, losing to Irish Dundalk on penalties in the second leg. And in the last round of the Europe League. the Latvians knocked out the Polish champion Piast, losing 3–2 away and winning 2–1 at home.
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HJK also started in the Champions League. It knocked out a club from the Faroe Islands in round 1, and then it went down to the Europa League after losing 2 matches to Crvena Zvezda. The squad of the Latvians, where there are legionnaires from Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Brazil, despite the advantage in the experience of Finns in European competitions, warns to bet on anyone’s victory. But looking at the scoring of the teams, they are likely to exchange goals.
Both matches between the Balts and the Poles ended with the goals of both teams. The Finns had the same outcome in 4 out of their 5 last matches. Both teams are not afraid to go forward and act in a very scoring way. Riga scored 4 goals in 2 meetings with the same Poles. And in general, it scored in 9 of last 15 matches. HJK also usually plays attack first. In its last 15 games, the team left the field without a goal scored only three times. The defense is the weakest line of FC Riga, and the Finns, who are persistent in the attack, are likely to break through it at least once. But Riga has a rather strong attacking line – Debelko and Sharpar bought in Ukraine especially for European cups show very good results there, and both have already scored a goal each. With the support of partners, they may well score the Finns either. So, the exchange of goals is likely to take place.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
