Eintracht Frankfurt vs HJK prediction: EUROPE: Europa Conference League – Group Stage betting tips on match 2023-10-25 19:00.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s fifth European group stage campaign in the last six seasons has begun in mixed fashion, having beaten Scotland’s Aberdeen 2-1 in their UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) Group G opener, only to lose by the same scoreline to Greece’s PAOK next up. A loss during this phase of a continental competition is quite a rarity for Eintracht, with that defeat being only their third in their last 14 UEFA group stage matches (W7, D4).
Dino Toppmöller’s men have since returned to the winning track, earning successive Bundesliga victories either side of the international break. The 2021/22 UEFA Europa League champions will be looking to leverage that momentum when they face HJK Helsinki for the very first time, marking their inaugural encounter with a Finnish side.
HJK got off the mark in their last UECL match with a 1-1 draw against Aberdeen, after a thrilling opener against PAOK eventually ended in a 3-2 defeat. They’ll need to start collecting all three points if they want to make noise in what is now their sixth UEFA group stage appearance, having never before advanced to knockout rounds in any of those prior campaigns.
Unlike their hosts, things have taken a turn for the worse for Toni Korkeakunnas and his men in domestic action, as they’ve just lost back-to-back Veikkausliiga matches for the first time since June last year. That makes their upcoming trip to Frankfurt an even scarier prospect than it already is, since HJK have suffered defeat in all four of their prior visits to Germany, conceding four or more goals on every occasion.
Players to watch: Omar Marmoush has netted Eintracht’s opening goal in both their UECL matches this season, something he’s now done in all but one of his last seven goalscoring appearances. HJK’s Bojan Radulović has also scored in both their Group G games thus far, with both contributing to 16 of his last 18 goals coming after half-time.
Hot stat: Only three of Frankfurt’s last 13 matches have featured a scoreless first-half.