Motherwell vs HJK — Conference League preview & stats

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Motherwell

HJK

Win Probabilities

The chances our model gives each outcome. This is our estimate, not the market's.

Home Win

61%

Draw

17%

Away Win

22%

Both teams score57.3%

Over 2.5 goals67.5%

Match analysis

Context for the match, written from third-party data. Enough to situate the fixture before getting into the numbers.

Form & Context

Motherwell played at home in Fir Park against HJK during the 2026/27 season. Both teams showed a capacity to create scoring opportunities, with Motherwell having a slight home advantage. The defensive performance at Fir Park was not fully secure, and HJK demonstrated resilience in away conditions. The match featured a moderate level of risk-taking and tactical balance.

Goals

The total xG for the match was 2.74, with Motherwell contributing 1.53 and HJK 1.21. This was slightly below the average xG of 2.83 for similar encounters. Approximately two-thirds of comparable matches saw at least one goal in the first half, while all had goals in the second half, indicating a tendency for increased scoring after the break. Both teams managed to find scoring chances, and the match involved a moderate number of goals rather than a high-scoring shootout.

Corners

Both teams averaged five corners per game, resulting in a combined total of around seven to eight corners in this match. This indicated a fair amount of attacking pressure and set-piece opportunities from dead-ball situations.

Clean Sheets

Neither side maintained a clean sheet in this encounter, reflecting vulnerabilities in defense and the ability of both teams to capitalize on chances. The match's flow and xG data suggested a balanced contest with goals conceded by both teams, particularly in the second half where scoring was more frequent.

Motherwell hosted HJK in a Conference League match featuring balanced attacking and defensive dynamics.

Home / Away Splits

Some teams are two different teams depending on the venue. This block is where you find out whether that is the case here.

This season — home team's home record vs away team's away record

Motherwell · at homevsHJK · away

3.00PPG+0%3.00

2.00Goals/G+50%3.00

0.00Conceded↓ less is better0.00

0.0%Both teams score0.0%

0.0%Over 2.5 goals100.0%

100.0%No goal conceded100.0%

Based on 1 home matches / 1 away matches this season.

›Understanding these indicators

Sample: The sample changes from block to block: the most recent matches over two windows, the whole season, or only home and away fixtures. The same label therefore appears several times on this page without covering the same matches. At the top of each block, the title or subtitle says which; at the bottom, the “Sample” line gives the number of matches, team by team.
The gap, in percent: The relative gap between the two teams, in the colour of the one ahead. “+26%” means its figure is 26% higher than the opponent's. It is shown on averages only; percentages are compared by eye on their bar.
PPG: Points per game: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss, divided by matches played. It is the most direct measure of what a team collects, whatever the scoreline.
Goals/G: Goals scored per game, on average.
Conceded: Goals conceded per game, on average.
Both teams score: The share of matches where BOTH teams scored at least once. A 3-0 does not count; a 1-1 does.
Over 2.5 goals: The share of matches with 3 goals or more, both teams combined. “2.5” is not a possible score: the threshold is written that way so there can be no tie.
No goal conceded: The share of matches finished without conceding a single goal.

Expected Goals (xG)

Chances created, regardless of what they returned. A team can win while scoring less than it should have.

This season — home for the home side, away for the visitors

MotherwellvsHJK

2.14xG for+93%1.11

1.03xG against↓ less is better+16%1.19

Based on 1 home matches / 1 away matches this season.

›Understanding these indicators

Sample: The sample changes from block to block: the most recent matches over two windows, the whole season, or only home and away fixtures. The same label therefore appears several times on this page without covering the same matches. At the top of each block, the title or subtitle says which; at the bottom, the “Sample” line gives the number of matches, team by team.
The gap, in percent: The relative gap between the two teams, in the colour of the one ahead. “+26%” means its figure is 26% higher than the opponent's. It is shown on averages only; percentages are compared by eye on their bar.
xG for: Expected goals: what the chances created were worth, regardless of what went in. A team scoring little with a high xG missed its chances, not its attacks.
xG against: Expected goals against: what the chances conceded were worth.

Expected in this match

1.53Motherwell

2.74Total

1.21HJK

League Context

The same number does not mean the same thing in every league. Each team is placed against its own.

League averages: 49% BTTS · 2.81 goals per game, i.e. 1.24 per team

Balanced league

Motherwellvs league avgHJK

2.00+61%Attack (goals for)League avg 1.24↑ more is better3.00+142%

0.33−79%Defence (goals against)League avg 1.57↓ less is better0.33−79%

33.0%−16 ptsBoth teams scoreLeague avg 49.0%33.0%−16 pts

3.00−35%CornersLeague avg 4.594.33−6%

Based on 100 teams for the league averages; 3 matches played by each of the two teams.

›Understanding this block

What is compared: Each team's profile over the whole season — home and away combined — against its own league's average. This is the only section of the page where both teams are read on the same basis; elsewhere the numbers come from the home or away split.
Why two units: A goal average has no scale of its own: “1.59 goals” says nothing until you know what the league does, so the gap is given in relative terms (“+23%”). A percentage already has one: the gap between 73% and 58% is given in points (“+15 pts”), never in relative terms — that would be a percentage of a percentage.
What the sign means: A “+” only means “above the league average”. It is not always favourable: above on goals scored is an asset, above on goals conceded is not. Those two rows carry the matching note. The others — corners, cards, both teams to score — describe a style of play, not a quality: they carry none.
The reference: Under each label, “League avg” is the competition's average per team — the second figure in the block header. The first counts the goals of both teams together: that is why it is roughly twice as large.
The colours: Cyan is the home team, amber the away team — the two names at the top of the block already carry those tints. They say nothing about whether a number is good.

Head to head — 1 match

The direct record between these two teams. Often few matches — the count is shown so you know what it is worth.

100%

Based on 1 match

avg goals/game2.00

Last meeting

6 Aug 2026awayMotherwell1-1HJK

Some of the data and text on this page comes from a third-party source, not from our model. Not our probabilities, and not a result prediction.

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