On Aug 4th, Maribor plays host to HJK in a Europa League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. Maribor has not played yet this season, while in HJK’s last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Mariehamn. Casper Terho scored the first goal for HJK in the 42nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mariehamn couldn’t manage to score, and HJK took the shutout win. HJK should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Arttu Hoskonen and Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic have been the hottest scorers for HJK in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Sasa Ivkovic and Rok Kronaveter are the top scorers for Maribor in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.