The winner of the match pair will next face either Häcken from Sweden or Klaksvik from Faroe Islands in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. At the same time, a place in the group stage of the Conference League would be secured at least.
If HJK loses the pair of matches against Molde, its games will continue in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.
If HJK were to make it to the group stage of a Euro competition, it would be the third year in a row that they are able to do so.
HJK has been involved in the Champions League or the preceding European Cup qualifiers 23 times. The team has been able to win two consecutive qualifying rounds only once, in the 1998 season, when HJK made it to the Champions League group stage.
Now HJK has a chance to win two consecutive qualifying rounds for the second time, but today it still doesn’t make it to the group stage.