HJK vs Molde prediction: EUROPE: Conference League – League phase betting tips on match 2024-12-11 17:45.
[p]HJK have found life difficult in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League, starting the penultimate round in 31st place with a lone win overshadowed by their three defeats thus far. Their primary issue lies at the attacking end of the pitch where they’ve scored just once in the competition, making them the Conference League’s lowest scorers in the league phase and the joint-lowest across all three UEFA competitions. [/p]
[p]With just two games left, Toni Korkeakunnas’s men can hardly afford to drop points here, meaning they’ll need to rediscover the sort of form that saw them win their three home European matches prior to most recently losing 2-0 to Olimpija Ljubljana at the Bolt Arena. They should be confident they can return to winning ways when receiving a visit from Molde, a team they beat 1-0 at home just last year.[/p]
[p]Molde had the last laugh in that encounter when they recorded a 2-0 victory at home to HJK eight days later, and they would love a similar result here since they’ve also got only three points to their name in this league phase. The Norwegians got off to a perfect start with a 3-0 win over Larne on matchday one, but three successive defeats since has them currently missing out on the knockout rounds along with HJK. [/p]
[p]Their most recent Conference League defeat saw them go down 1-0 to Cyprus’ APOEL, which kickstarted a dry spell in front of goal in which Molde went on to lose their next two competitive games without scoring. Those two domestic defeats were away from home, and turning things around here seems a tall order since they’ve won just three of their last 14 away European assignments (L11).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: HJK’s lone league phase goal was scored by 19-year old Liam Möller, and they’ll be hoping the teenager can be on target again since they’ve won six of his seven goalscoring appearances (D1). Hoping to undercut him will be Mats Dæhli, who will be looking to get his team on the board early after scoring his team’s opener in each of his last five goalscoring appearances at club level.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only two of HJK’s last ten home games in all competitions saw both teams score.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]