HJK have center-back Peter Magnusson sidelined due fever, but Sebastian Sorsa and Juho Mäkelä should be available.
Last year HJK failed against a similar type of opponent, Lithuanian club Vetra despite winning first away and taking the lead at home. They should have the material advantage and home advantage, but with a 1-0 away loss they can not concede any more goals and finding the correct balance between taking risks, creating chances and keeping the defence tight is the key today.
The winning goal at Lithuania was a defensive blunder by Magnusson as you can see from this Youtube video; the pitch was water-logged and an early goal dictated the nature of the game onwards.
The league match in between was a disaster, KuPS made fun of HJK who were too keen on thinking about this match. Ekranas might have a new signing in French center-back Yamadou Camara.
The winner will likely face Partizan Belgrad unless Puynik can recover from 3-1 away loss.
I will naturally be on the stadium myself, but no live information will be provided.
Asian odds at the moment HJK -1 @ 1.94, but I will relax with the football today, watch the match and hope for HJK to qualify. Not because I am a big fan of them, but it would bring another interesting european fixture to my home stadium.
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