When to watch FK Buducnost vs HJK Helsinki 07/13/2021
Tuesday night brings us the first leg of the Champions League preliminary round and includes the clash between Montenegro side Podoknost Podgorica and Finnish club HJK, as the hosts try to improve their 3v1 down from last week.
Buducnost had previously had an impressive five-match winning streak in all competitions, including wins over Jezero and Zeta in Montenegro's first division and a 3v1 home cup final against Decic during pre-season friendlies against Krylya Sovetov and Radnicki Kragujevic It also led to victories.
Indeed, Buducnost is unbeaten in all competitions in the last eight matches, but at the European level, and especially at the level of the Champions League, the hosts have struggled to cope with the rise against the higher-ranked competitors.
This becomes clear when you look at Buducnost's results so far in the Champions League, with the hosts having only one win out of their last eight games, which came in the form of a 1v0 win at Slsk Wroclaw in 2012, but also five defeats.
In addition, Buducnost conceded a total of 13 goals and scored only five in the last eight matches.
HJK extended its impressive winning streak after winning 3v1 at the Bolt Arena last week to 10 games in a row and it looks like the guests are now in the driver's seat after such an impressive result.
The look and results away from home were also impressed as HJK also saw a five-game winning streak on the road after sending Ilves, SJK, Haka, Mariehamn and HIFK to their backyards in the local Veikkausliioga which will give HJK plenty of self-confidence and confidence ahead of the second leg on the mountain the black.
In fact, in his travels, HJK has suffered only one loss in the last 18 matches in all competitions, a solid streak of no less than 14 victories.
In the Champions League stage, HJK won their last two trot race games with victories over Crvena Zvezda (2019) and last week's win over Buducnost, while at this level they have only lost two of their last nine.
Five wins in this nine-game series show that HJK must be respected here, while the guests bring more experience to the Champions League level, having fought a total of 39 duels in this competition so far.
Buducnost should attack here and this could result in HJK taking advantage of them at the break, giving the guests a good chance for another win here.