Leighton Clarkson gets his first chance to deliver into the box.

It's from a wide free-kick, which visiting keeper Jesse Ost flaps at unconvincingly.

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HJK show some early attacking intent as Pyry Soiri hooks a ball in.

The hosts clear easy enough.

Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell captain on TNT Sports

It is great to see the old Pittodrie packed out with home supporters. They have come with hope and ambition.

Tonight is a massive game for them.

And we're off.

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Tyrone Smith
BBC Scotland at Pittodrie

An emotional start to proceedings at Pittodrie.

A rapturous minute's applause from the home support.

A minute's applause for Frank McDougall and Jim Forrest will take place before we kick off at Pittodrie.

Willie Miller
Former Aberdeen captain on BBC Sportsound

It's only right that Duk comes back and plays up top. That will be the main threat for Aberdeen, Duk and Miovski. They link well together, and Barry Robson got a tune out of them last season.

Duk has the pace, drive, directness. Miovski knows exactly where to be and is more than capable of taking any chance that comes their way.

The belief must be high after the performances recently. They look solid at the back, creative in midfield too. They go in confident and this is the one that they'll be targeting three points from.

Aberdeen boss Barry Robson is hopeful of another historic European night at Pittodrie tonight, speaking to TNT Sports, he said: "I think the club has been built on tradition in Europe and we have had some great nights here over the years.

"I have managed to play a few here myself and we can have some special nights.

When talking about Duk's inclusion tonight, Robson added: "He is a ball carrier and brings speed, he is a dangerous player and loves playing at home.

"We are trying to play our best players as much as we can. This is a game I thought he would always feature in because of the way that he plays.

When asked about the threat of their opponents, Robson said: "I have watched lots of them, they have got some real quality players. We know it is a difficult games for us."

• This is the first ever meeting between Aberdeen and HJK, with the Scottish side winning both previous games against teams from Finland in European competitions: 2-1 home and away against RoPS in the 2019-20 Europa League qualifying stage.
• Scottish clubs have won all four previous home games against Finnish sides in major European competitions by an aggregate score of 18-0, with this game being the first since Celtic beat HJK in the UEFA Cup first round in September 2000 (2-0).
• Aberdeen have won just one of their last 14 games in major European competitions (D7 L6), however, they are unbeaten in their last five such matches at home (W1 D4).
• HJK have won just one of their previous 14 away group matches in European competition (D2 L11), conceding 2.4 goals per game on average and never keeping a clean sheet.
• Aberdeen registered a 22% share of possession against Eintracht Frankfurt two weeks ago, the joint lowest in the history of the Europa Conference League (excl. qualifiers).

Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland

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Finnish champions HJK pushed PAOK in their Group G opener, eventually losing 3-2 at home to the Greek side having led in the first half.

It is the only loss in their past seven games and they have scored in each of their last 12 matches, while Aberdeen have only kept two clean sheets in the same number of games.

Spain-born Serbian striker Bojan Radulovic will provide the main threat, having scored 22 goals in 36 games this season, one of which came in that loss to PAOK.

There is also plenty of international experience in Helsinki ranks, particularly in defence. Centre-backs Joona Toivio and Jukka Raitala have well over 50 caps for Finland and played all three games at Euro 2020 as the Finns made a mark at their first major tournament.

It is also HJK's third straight season playing in the group stages of European competition. However, most of Helsinki's success in continental competition has come at home.

They have lost all four of their European away games in 90 minutes this season, which includes visits to Northern Irish champions Larne, Molde of Norway, Qarabag of Azerbaijan and Romanian side Farul Constanta.

Click here to read Thomas' pre-match preview in full.

Tyrone Smith
BBC Scotland at Pittodrie

Prior to the Aberdeen team being announced, the big question was would Barry Robson stick with just Bojan Miovski up top or play both him and Duk?

The fact he has gone for the latter suggests they are very much going to try and be on the front foot.

And why not? The Dons should be going into this one full of confidence and positivity after recent results and performances.

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Barry Robson makes just the one change to the side that picked up that big win at Ibrox at the weekend.

Out goes Dante Polvara, who scored on matchday one as Aberdeen ran Eintracht Frankfurt close in Germany.

He's replaced by Duk - the man who looked back to his best the last time Robson's side ran out at Pittodrie, a 4-0 win over Ross County.

Another goal and assist would set Aberdeen right on their way tonight.

Aberdeen: Roos, Devlin, Gartenmann, Rubezic, Jensen, MacKenzie, Shinnie, Clarkson, McGrath, Duk, Miovski.

Substitutes: Doohan, Barron, Gueye, Hayes, Williams, Sokler, Polvara, Duncan, MacDonald, Milne, Dadia, Marshall.

HJK Helsinki: Ost, Tenho, Toivio, Peltola, Raitala, Lingman, Kanellopoulos, Soiri, Keskinen, Radulovic, Filip.

Substitutes: Ramula, Ollila, Hamalaninen, Da Graca, Halme, Hostikka, Ro. Riski, Bande, Paananen, Olusanya, Tanaka, P. Hetemaj.

We'll dish out more reaction from Cyprus as we get it, but let's turn our attention to Pittodrie.

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Kenny Miller
Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports

It was a really poor performance. They lacked energy, they lacked passion and lacked any real quality.

And it is.

The referee blows his whistle and an emotional set of home players hit the deck in elation.

It's quite the opposite for Rangers. A shocker of a defeat.

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Abdallah Sima smashes a cross in from the left and it's claimed by the keeper.

That's surely it...

It's James Tavernier to take again and Ben Davies meets it.

But he's under pressure and the header is miles off target.

But they might get one, Derek.

They have a corner...

Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

At not one point in the game have Rangers had sustained pressure. It's been fits and starts.

It's been better in the second half but it wouldn't be hard to beat the first-half performance. They don't deserve an equaliser.