Molde vs HJK Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview

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It is time to find out whether HJK or Molde get to see the next round of the Champions League. They meet for their second leg battle at the Aker Stadion on Wednesday with a 1-0 score from the first leg to look back on.

HJK managed a tight 1-0 win and kept a clean sheet in the first leg, thus knowing another clean sheet will see them go through. They don't need a win to seal qualification against Molde which of course in a huge advantage. The pressure is mounting for Molde after a defeat in the opening leg. They must take the reins in the second leg to put themselves in a winning position on the aggregate score.

When it comes to goal-scoring Molde could be more prolific, scoring 19 in their previous ten games in this tournament. That is an average of 1.9 per game in which, they conceded ten. This is an average of one a game, achieving a clean sheet four.

HJK head into their next match this coming Wednesday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 in ten matches in this tournament. They scored a total of 16 , whilst shipping 14 against. An average of 1.4 against a game. They hung on to a clean sheet four times in this streak.

Molde vs HJK Prediction

Molde Form

Molde have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Sarpsborg 08 by 5-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-0 against HJK, before claiming three points in a 0-1 win against Stabaek. Molde won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Champions League, while also drawing three. They suffered zero defeats, while they scored 19 and conceded seven goals.

HJK Form

In their last three matches, HJK first beat Ilves 1-0, then Molde by 1-0 and finally SJK by 1-2. In their last six Champions League away matches, HJK failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost three, scoring 13 while also conceding 17 times.

Molde vs HJK Stats

• Molde have scored in 21 of the last 23 home matches
• Molde have won the last 8 home matches in a row
• Molde have scored in 19 of the last 21 matches
• Molde have won 6 of the last 8 home matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
• Molde have won 7 of the last 8 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals

• In 7 of the last 8 away matches HJK played, both teams scored
• HJK have not lost 13 of the last 15 matches
• In 11 of the last 13 HJK matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
• In 7 of the last 8 HJK matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
• HJK have won 3 of the last 4 matches without conceding a goal

Molde vs HJK Team News

Molde are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces HJK.

Sidelined with an injury, Molde can't field Eirik Ulland Andersen on Wednesday against HJK.

Molde vs HJK H2H

When these two teams previously clashed, the HJK emerged as winners in 1-0 victory which they'll no doubt like to replicate this coming Wednesday. As Molde go into their match against HJK at Aker Stadion, they put 1-0-1 record in their previous two encounters on display.

Molde vs HJK Results

Molde vs HJK Betting Tips

Magnus Wolff Eikrem managed to hit the target twice recently for Molde, while Bojan Radulovic, added two strikes in Champions League for HJK in his last six outings.

Molde have been pretty scary at home, winning eight of their last 10 home games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw one of the games in the process. They were defeated in one of the games in this run. HJK won three of their last 10 games away, drew six and lost all points in one of those matches along the way. Molde probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Wednesday, as HJK managed only five clean sheets in the previous 10 matches away. The hosts claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in five of Molde’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 2.1 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for HJK, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.