HJK Helsinki vs RFS – HJK Helsinki will host Rigas Futbola Skola in the opening leg of their Champions League first qualifying round matchup on Wednesday in Helsinki.

Last season, the home team won the 31st edition of the Veikkausliiga, while RFS won the Lavian Higher League and qualified for the first round of the Champions League.

On 31 occasions, Helsinki have won Finland’s top division, including last year’s victory, which qualified them into the first qualifying round of Europe’s Champions League.

As a result, they finished third behind LASK, Alashkert, and Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa Conference League group stage last season and were eliminated.

While Helsinki exited the Champions League group stage with a 4-3 aggregate defeat to Malmo in last season’s second qualifying round, they did participate in the group stage of the 1998-99 European Cup, placing fourth in Group F.

Due to the fact that they have already begun their league season in 2022, HJK is the only Finnish team to have played in the Champions League group stage.

HJK Helsinki vs RFS – Betting Analysis

This season has seen 14 league games, with Toni Koskela’s side presently in second place, three points behind champions KuPS, after a 1-1 draw on Saturday between the two.

For the first time, RFS won the Latvian Higher League title last season, with 66 points from 28 matches, allowing them to go to the Champions League’s Group Stage.

While Viktors Morozs’s team exited both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Europa League qualifying rounds, they advanced to the third qualifying round of the 2021-22 Europa Conference League, where they were beaten by Gent in the third qualifying round of the competition.

For the first time in their history, RFS are aiming to reach the group stage of the Champions League, but they will face a stiff test from a HJK side that will be expecting to advance.

On June 30, the visitors beat BFC Daugavpils 4-0, and they will enter this encounter on the heels of that success. If they can secure a third straight win on Wednesday, they’ll move up to a tie for second place with a tally of 45 points from 20 matches.

HJK Helsinki vs RFS – Head -to- Head

HJK Helsinki vs RFS
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Our Prediction: Over 1.5 Goals

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