Match Report
Algeria U23 went into the game 4th in the table on 1 points; Portugal U23 W sat 1st on 7 — a 6-point gap. On recent form Algeria U23 sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Algeria U23 were scoring 1.33 and conceding 2, Portugal U23 W 1.67 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.67 goals per team per game.
Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in Belo Horizonte, capacity 62,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.