Match Report
Mexico went into the game 1st in the table on 13 points; Algeria sat 18th on 4 — a 9-point gap. Per game in the league, Mexico were scoring 2.2 and conceding 0.8, Algeria 1.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Mexico came in having won five on the spin.
Cars Jeans Stadion in Den Haag staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,023. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.